“Tantivy Trot,” coaching song, ii. 185 Telegraph coaches established, from about 1781, i. 300–303 Telegraph springs introduced, ii. 228 “Tipping,” origin and progress of, i. 228–30; of mail-guards, i. 253, 262; forbidden, i. 263; of coachmen, i. 345; ii. 1 _Tom Brown’s Schooldays_, i. 347 “Travel,” origin of the word, i. 107 “Truckamuck,” a kind of sledge, i. 107 Turnpike Acts, growth of, 1700–1770, i. 117; penalise narrow and encourage broad wheels, i. 124–6, 202–205; General Turnpike Act, 1766, i. 202–205 Turnpike keepers, i. 24, 208, 212; prosecuted by informers, i. 217; sleepy, ii. 79 Turnpike roads, not in favour with waggoners, i. 126 Turnpike tolls, i. 124; levied on waggons, i. 200–205; doubled on Sundays about 1780, ii. 147; heavy discriminatory charges against steam-carriages, ii. 262, 263 Turnpike Trusts, grievances of, against Post Office, ii. 4–9; action of, against steam-carriages, ii. 262, 263 “Unicorn” team, _i.e._ three horses, ii. 270 Van, origin of the name, ii. 129 Van proprietors:-- Chaplin & Horne, ii. 209, 229 Pickford & Co., i. 123–43 Russell & Co., i. 136–9 Van proprietors prosecuted for technical offences, i. 216 Vidler & Parratt, mail-coach manufacturers, i. 178; ii. 17, 18, 44 Waggons, i. 103–45; established about 1500, i. 103; increase in number and weight about 1760, i. 123; legislation directed against 1766, i. 124–6, 202–204; only disappear so late as 1860, i. 144; four-wheeled waggons forbidden 1622, i. 194; loads over 20 cwt. forbidden 1622, i. 195; restrictions on teams, i. 195–200; on loads, i. 200 Waggoners, character of the, i. 126–31; forbidden to ride on their waggons, i. 205; preyed upon by informers, i. 212–14 Waude, ----, coach-builder, ii. 16, 43–7, 228 Weller, Tony, as typical coachman, i. 221 Witherings, Thomas, Master of the Postes, i. 17 Yard-porters, status of, ii. 178 York, James, Duke of, sets up a “glass coach,” 1661, i. 11, 66 _Printed by Hazett, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury._ Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks remedied. Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained; occurrences of inconsistent hyphenation have not been changed. Index not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references. The symbol on page 278 is a hand, pointing to the right (“white right-pointing index”). Shillings and pence abbreviations (s. and d.) were italicized in the original book but, for readability, that is not indicated here. Other italicized text is enclosed in _underscores_. Volume I is available at Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org) as eBook number 58667 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58667).