CHAPTER V.

ON PUBLIC CARRIAGES.

Travelling before A.D. 1600--Great Width of Waggon Wheels--Turnpike Roads--Post Saddle Horses--Hackneys--Stage Coaches--Hackney Coaches--Cheap Rate of Hire--The York Coach--The Manchester Flying Coach--The Post Chaise--The Diligence--Post-Boys--Mr T. Pennant on Travelling--Increase of Mail Coaches--M‘Adam’s Roads--Four-in-Hand Clubs--Russian Travelling--Two-Wheeled Street Cabs--Street Cabs need Improvement--Hansom Cabs--Omnibus of Pascal--Omnibus of 1820--Shillibeer’s Omnibuses--General Omnibus Company--American Coachmaking--Fast Cabs of Vienna 97-125