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inform you, that, for this month past, I have been short of Eng- 

 lishmen." 



Another inconvenience to which the corpulent must submit, 

 is the absolute prohibition from horsemanship, and the diffi- 

 culty of transportation from place to place, which may be 

 illustrated by the following anecdotes, of late occurrence : — 



Mr. B , of Bath, a remarkably large, corpulent, and 



powerful man, wanting to go by the mail, tried for a place a 

 short time before it started. Being told it was full, he still de- 

 termined to get admission, and opening the door, which no one 

 near him ventured to oppose, he got in. When the other pas- 

 sengers came, the ostler reported that there was a gentleman in 

 the coach ; he was requested to come out, but having drawn up 

 the blind, he remained quiet. Hearing, however, a consulta- 

 tion on the means of making him alight, and a proposal to 

 ** pull him out," he let down the blind, and laying his enormous 

 hand on the edge of the door, he asked, who would dare to 

 pull him out, drew up the blind again, and waiting some time, 

 fell asleep. About one in the morning he awoke, and call- 

 ing out to know whereabouts he was on the journey, he 

 perceived, what was the fact, that to end the altercation with 

 him, the horses had been put to another coach, and that he 

 had spent the night at the inn-door at Bath, where he had 

 taken possession of the carriage. 



A similar occurrence took place lately at Huddersfield. A 

 gentleman went to a proprietor of one of the coaches to take a 

 passage for Manchester, but, owing to the enormous size of his 

 person, he was refused, unless he would consent to be taken as 

 lumber, at 9c?. per stone, hinting at the same time the ad- 

 vantage of being split in two. The gentleman was not to be 

 disheartened by this disappointment, but adopted the plan of 

 sending the ostler of one of the inns to take a place for him, 

 which he did, and, in the morning, wisely took the precaution 

 of fixing himself in the coach, with the assistance of the by- 

 standers, from whence he was not to be removed easily. Thus 

 placed, he was taken to his destination. The consequence was, 

 on his return, he was necessitated to adopt a similar process^ 

 to the no small disappointment of the proprietors, who were 

 compelled to convey three gentlemen, who had previously 



