. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. . of persons, the differ-ence between them is so very gradual and trifling, thatthey attract not much notice; but to those versed in thematter, the points of difference are sufficiently true gig is not much used at present. It was very. little more than a railed chair fixed upon the shafts, andsupported on two side springs. It was calculated to runvery easily, and the whole was well adapted for travellingpurpos
. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. . of persons, the differ-ence between them is so very gradual and trifling, thatthey attract not much notice; but to those versed in thematter, the points of difference are sufficiently true gig is not much used at present. It was very. little more than a railed chair fixed upon the shafts, andsupported on two side springs. It was calculated to runvery easily, and the whole was well adapted for travellingpurposes; a space being left under the seat to contain aportmanteau. VEHICLES OF ENGLAND. 247 The stanhope and the tilbury are forms that differvery slightly from each other. The latter was namedafter its inventor, a coach-builder; and the former aftera brother of the Earl of Harrington. The stanhope wasintended as an improvement upon the tilbury. The tilburyis extremely light and airy in its appearance, but is saidto be uncomfortable to the rider; a fault which does notbelong, in so great a degree, to the stanhope; there aretwo or three varieties of the stanhopes.
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