CARRIAGES,  ETC

Smithfield — Horse  coursers — ^Waggons — Stage  coaches^Travelling  in
them  described — Bad  roads — Posting — Hackney  coaches — ^Their  fares
— Hackney  coachmen— ^tate  coaches — Other  carriages  —  Suburban
drives — Mechanical  coach— Mourning  coaches — Harness — Sedan
chairs — Chairmen 372


CONTENTS.
CHAPTER  XXXVII.
THE  MOHOCKS.
PAGE

Scourers,  etc. — Bully  Dawson — Two  outbreaks — That  in  1712 — Hawku-
bites  —  Exploits  of  the  Mohocks  —  Sir  Roger  de  Coverley— Swift's
fear  of  them  —  Emperor  of  the  Mohocks  —  Gog  and  "Magog — The
Queen's  proclamation — Decline  of  the  scare — Constables  and  watch-
men   3^^

CHAPTER  XXXVIII.
DUELLING.
Its  prevalence — Bullying — Fielding's  duels — Favourite  localities — Its  ille-
gality— Col.  Thornhill  and  Sir  Cholmley  Dering — Their  quarrel  and
duel — Duke  of  Hamilton  and  Lord  Mohun — Story  of  their  duel  .    390

CHAPTER  XXXIX.
THE  ARMY  AND  NAVY.
Sale  of  commissions — General  practice — Its  illegality — Arrears  of  pay-
Descriptions  of  officers — Army  chaplains — The  rank  and  file — Descrip-
tion of  them — Irregularity  of  pay — Rations — Recruiting — Bounty —
Gaol  birds — ^Vagrants — Desertions — Story  of  seditious  drummers —
Train  bands — The  navy — Its  deeds — Unpopularity  of  the  service — ■
Pressings  Desertion — Rewards  for  capture — Pay — Description  of
Admiralty — Mercantile  marine 396

CHAPTER  XL.
CRIME.
