t8o Four-in-Hand in Britain. 



Apollo Bunder in Bombay, one of a crowd the gorgeous 

 coloring of which equals any scene ever given in grand 

 opera. I reached the cathedral door in a kind of trance ; 

 the gay coach, the horses and their sparkling harness, 

 and Joe and Perry in their livery burst upon me, and 

 looking up and around I did feel that we were a 

 " swell " party, and had ever so much to be thankful 

 for. It is a source of never failing pleasure to stand 

 and see the Charioteers mount the coach — they are all 

 so happy, and I am '* so glad they are glad." And so 

 we mounted and drove off, taking a last fond look of 

 grand old Lichfield. 



DOVEDALE, July 2-3. 



Our objective point was Dovedale, thirty miles dis- 

 tant. When three miles out we stopped at Elmhurst 

 Hall for Miss F., who had preceded us to pay a visit to 

 Mr. and Mrs. F — x, who very kindly invited the party to 

 dismount and lunch with them ; but the thirty miles to 

 be done would not permit us the pleasure. The next 

 time we pass, however, good master and mistress of 

 Elmhurst Hall, you shall certainly have the Charioteers 

 within your hospitable walls, if you desire it, for such an 

 inviting place we have rarely seen. 



We were to lunch in Sudbury Park, the residence of 

 Lord Vernon. This was the first grassy luncheon of 

 the five new-comers, and we were all delighted to see 

 their enjoyment of this most Arcadian feature of our 



