CHAPTER II. Early Modes of Conveyance

Riding on horseback the ancient mode of traveling

Shakespear's description of travelling in 'Henry IV.'

Queen Elizabeth and her coach

Introduction of coaches or waggons

Painful journeys by coach

Carriers in reign of James I

Great north Road in reign of Charles I

Mace's description of roads and travellers stage-coaches introduced

Sobriere's account of the Dover stage-coach

Thoresby's account of stage-coaches and travelling

Roads and travelling in North Wales

Proposal to suppres stage-coaches

Tediousness and discomforts of travelling by coach

Pennant's account of the Chester and London stage

Travelling on horseback preferred

The night coach

Highway robbers and foot-pads

Methods of transport of the merchandize pack-horse convoys

Traffic between lancashire and Yorkshire

Signs of the pack-horse