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TREASURE TROVE.
The Doctor's carriage was a two-wheeled gig with a hood; a kind of vehicle in much favour among country doctors.

On how many roads has one not seen it, a great way off between the poplars!--in how many village streets, tied to a gate-post! This sort of chariot is affected--particularly at the trot--by a kind of pitching movement to and fro across the axle, which well entitles it to the style of a Noddy.

The hood describes a considerable arc against the landscape, with a solemnly absurd effect on the contemplative pedestrian.

To ride in such a carriage cannot be numbered among the things that appertain to glory; but I have no doubt it may be useful in liver complaint.