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Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variationsin hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all otherspelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

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THE
TRAVELLER’S ORACLE;

OR,

MAXIMS FOR LOCOMOTION:

CONTAINING

PRECEPTS FOR PROMOTING THE PLEASURES,

AND

HINTS FOR PRESERVING THE HEALTH

OF

TRAVELLERS.


PART II.

COMPRISING THE

HORSE AND CARRIAGE KEEPER’S ORACLE;

RULES FOR PURCHASING AND KEEPING OR JOBBING HORSES AND CARRIAGES;

ESTIMATES OF EXPENSES OCCASIONED THEREBY;

AND AN EASY PLAN FOR

ASCERTAINING EVERY HACKNEY-COACH FARE.


By JOHN JERVIS,
AN OLD COACHMAN.


THE WHOLE REVISED
By WILLIAM KITCHINER, M.D., &c.


SECOND EDITION.


LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1827.


LONDON:
PRINTED BY J. MOYES, TOOK’S COURT, CHANCERY LANE.


THE

HORSE AND CARRIAGE KEEPER’S

ORACLE;

OR,

RULES FOR PURCHASING AND KEEPING

OR

JOBBING HORSES AND CARRIAGES;

ACCURATE ESTIMATES

OF

EVERY EXPENSE OCCASIONED THEREBY;

AND

AN EASY PLAN

FOR

ASCERTAINING EVERY HACKNEY-COACH FARE.


CONTENTS OF PART II.

Introduction 3
Estimate of Keeping a Groom and one Horse in your own Stable 11
Estimate of the Expense of Keeping one Horse at a Livery Stable 15
Estimates of various Carriages 16
Expense of Keeping a Coachman, a Carriage, and two Horses in your own Coach-House and Stable 19
Liberal Plan of Keeping a Carriage 33
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