CHAPTER I.

ANCIENT CHARIOTEERS--CELEBRATED WHIPS--INTRODUCTION OF CARRIAGES INTO ENGLAND--MR. CRESSET'S PAMPHLET--THE STATE OF THE ROADS IN 1739--DANGEROUS CONVEYANCES--THE FLYING COACH OF 1669--DEAN SWIFT'S POETICAL LINES ON HIS JOURNEY TO CHESTER--DISCOMFORTS OF INSIDE TRAVELLING--TRAVELLING IN BYGONE DAYS.