may get into a swing, which will carry it on some way up a hill with less labour to your Horses: let them trot up the Hill; and when you get to the top, let them walk as they will till they get their wind again." Mr. Jervis says, that people are mistaken in supposing that a perfectly level road is the easiest for Horses; and that they get on better on a road that gives and takes a little : on the Road that is uniformly Level they are always against their Collar; whereas, if they work a little harder when they go up, they get rest when they go down Hill. The Ryegate Post Boys tell you that they prefer the Sutton Road to the Croydon, notwithstanding the former is hilly, the latter level. From Six to Seven Miles an hour is about the rate that good Carriage Horses, who are allowed plenty of good Corn, will travel comfortably to themselves on a good Road. The longer the distance they are to go day, the slower they ought to be Driven. in a Do not hurry your Horses on at first starting, for the first four or five Miles: let them choose their own pace, and the last Mile of each Stage slacken their pace by degrees, that they may come in as cool as possible: with such care Horses will feed much better and will eat almost as soon as they get in, which, when you have only a little time to stop, is very advantageous. EXPENSES IN TRAVELLING, &c. WITH "A PAIR OF HORSES, A CHARIOT, s. d. Letting the Horses wash their Mouths after they have run seven or eight miles, is very comfortable and refreshing to them, especially in very hot weather; if you are travelling a long way, it will refresh them still more if you at the same time give them a little bit of Hay for a Pair of Horses. For a Short Bait, i. e. if you go out for ten miles, and the two horses are put up for an hour or 0 6 two, a feed or Quartern of Corn each, and Hostler 6d. is about If you go out to Dinner in the Country, your Nags will like to Dine too, and have a half peck of Corn each, and some Hay also; different Inns vary in their charges from 2s. 6d. (including 6d. to the Hostler) to s. d. 1 6 3 6 MEM.-If you go out to Dinner in London, a distance exceeding three Miles, it is more advisable to put up your Horses than to send them home, as the Wear of the Carriage in doing the double work of going home and coming again for you, will cost as much as you will be charged, which, for Hay at a Livery Stable (including 6d. to the Hostler,) is 1s. 6d. Moreover, it is convenient to have the power of returning home sooner or later, as you like, without danger of your Servants and Horses catching Cold in waiting for you. It is customary to allow the Coachman some refreshment when your Horses are put up while you are at Dinner-whatever you choose to give, give in Money. When you Stop all Night, the charge for Hay and ...... s. d. 9 0 93 0 A Single Saddle Horse is charged about... 3s. or 3s. 6d. per day extra to his usual board wages of 2s. per day, i. e. 5s. 6d. per day.... 3 6 A respectable Hackneyman informs me that the average charge for a pair of Horses for Travelling, to be kept by the Hirer, is per Month.. £10 It is not advisable to travel, on an average, faster than Six miles in an hour, nor more than Thirty in one day-but on a pinch, if you start at six o'clock in the morning, and the Weather and Roads are good, and |