The Book of carriages; or, A short account of modes of conveyance, from the earliest periods to the present time (1853)
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) · London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 142
ith bells, which, joined to the TRAVELLING IN MADEIEA.. 135 loud and discordant cries of the drivers, soonherald their approach. Horses, hammocks, andpalanquins form the conveyance of the natives,and it is a stirring and picturesque spectacle towitness a large cavalcade of pleasure hunterswinding… … 136 BOOK OF CAERIAGES. CHAPTER VIII. France, Italy, Spain, and Germany, contendwith each other for the honour of the first intro-duction of carriages, but to which the credit isdue has never been exactly decided. It wouldappear from an ordinance of Philip the Fair ofFrance, issued in 1294, for…
Transportation · Carriages and carts
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