Exeter, New, i. 264 ” ii. 22, 23, 28, 31, 35, 106, 151 Falmouth, ii. 23, 31, 35 Glasgow, i. 247; ii. 1–3 Gloucester and Carmarthen, ii. 23 ” ii. 22, 28, 215 Halifax, ii. 23, 106 Hastings, ii. 23, 24, 215, 237 Holyhead, ii. 15, 23, 207, 315 Hull, ii. 23 Ipswich, ii. 150, 312 Lancaster and Kirkby Stephen, ii. 152 Leeds, ii. 23, 24 Liverpool, ii. 23 ” and Manchester, ii. 12 ” and Preston, ii. 27 Louth, ii. 23, 28, 106, 235 Lynn and Wells, ii. 23, 235 Manchester, ii. 23 Norwich, by Newmarket, ii. 15, 23, 215 Plymouth and Falmouth, ii. 314 Poole, ii. 160 Portsmouth, ii. 23, 24, 160 Southampton, ii. 22, 23 Stroud, ii. 22, 23 Wick and Thurso, ii. 40 Worcester, ii. 23, 215, 318 Yarmouth, ii. 23, 24 York, ii. 150 Stage-coaches, first established 1657, i. 2; considered vulgar, i. 25; patent for Edinburgh and Leith waggon-coach granted, 1610, i. 56; said to have begun about 1640, i. 57; John Taylor travels by the Southampton coach, 1648, i. 58–60; Chester Stage, first regular stage-coach, established 1657, i. 60; Exeter, Okehampton, Plymouth, Newark, Darlington, Ferryhill, York, Durham, Edinburgh and Wakefield stages established 1658, i. 61; itinerary varied to suit prospective travellers, i. 63; Oxford coach, 1661, i. 63; Preston, Lancashire, 1662, i. 63; horses went whole journey, i. 63; changed once a day, i. 63; Norwich coach, 1665, i. 64; lack of full information, about 1660–80, i. 64–74; early stages described by Taylor, the Water Poet, i. 65; described, i. 65–7, 82; first provided with glazed windows, about 1710, i. 67; agonies of travelling in, i. 63, 67, 72; Bath Flying Machine, 1667, i. 68; De Laune’s _Present State of London_, 1681, contains first lists of, i. 77–9; general in 1681, i. 77; opposition to, dies down, i. 79; fares moderate, 1684, i. 79; winter still, in 1731, largely a season of no coaches, i. 82; easily outpaced by pedestrians, about 1750, i. 82–85; six horses and a postilion generally used, 1754–1783, i. 85, 86, 90; horses changed oftener than once a day, i. 87; consequent acceleration, i. 88; beginnings of competition and rivalry, i. 89; agreements between proprietors, i. 89; consequent deceleration of coaches, i. 90; Edinburgh stage a “glass machine on steel springs,” 1754, i. 89; of 1750, described by Sir Walter Scott, i. 97; outside passengers first provided with seats, about 1800, i. 181; fore and hind boots introduced, about 1800, i. 181; contempt of insides for outsides, i. 181, 210; “Land Frigate,” London and Portsmouth, i. 182;