254 



he generally names him after some man he 

 dislikes, that he may keep flogging him. 

 The drivers of coaches are in general sober 

 men, and it is not usual for the passengers 

 to give the coachman money at the end of 

 the stage, as in England : indeed he con- 

 siders himself equal to any one : and, seem- 

 ingly, it would be an offence to offer him 

 money. He will drink a glass with you 

 as a companion, but in no other way. 

 The coachmen drive but one stage, from 

 fourteen to twenty miles, and take care 

 of their own horses, which is one cause 

 of their good appearance. At the taverns, 

 as you go along, there are your appointed 

 places to breakfast, dine, sup, and sleep at, 

 as the coaches generally stop somewhere 

 about four hours in the night, the nights 

 being in general much darker than in Eng- 

 land. The breakfast is half a dollar, the 

 dinner one dollar, and supper half a dollar, 

 and beds a quarter of a dollar a night. It 

 is not usual to give servants any thing at 

 taverns : but there are some Englishmen 



