h protests. Old Traveller, writing to the Sp07^iing-Magazine in 1822, objects to the en-couragement given such hazardous work by* Nimrod. In his younger days, he says,when about to start on a journey, his wifesparting hope was that he would not berobbed ; now she had changed it to the hopethat he… … 109 Old Traveller, the risks he encounteredon the road in the days before Macadamwere as o^reat from ruts and holes as fromhighwaymen. Travellino- on May-day was avoided bythose who objected to fast work, for it wascustomary for rival staijjes to race each otherthe whole journey on that day, and…
Horses · Carriages and carts
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