196 Four-in-Hand Z7z Britain. 



could have hallooed ony reasonable maan oot o' his 

 judgment." 



I hope to be a daft callant at seventy-one — as daft as 

 we all were that day. Indeed, we were all daft enough 

 while coaching, but the Queen Dowager really ought to 

 have been restrained a little. She went beyond all 

 bounds, but life is an undoubted success if you can 

 laugh till the end of it. 



Let me try to give an idea how this blessed England 

 is crowded. Here is a signboard we stopped at to-day, 

 to make sure we were taking the right way ; for, even 

 with the Ordnance map upon one's knee, strict atten- 

 tion is required or you will be liable to take the wrong 

 turn. 



A voice from the General Manager : " Perry, stop at 

 the post and let us be sure." ' 



" Right, sir." 



The post points four ways, east, west, north, and 

 south. 



First arm reads as follows : Tissington, 3 ; Matlock 

 Bath, 10; Chesterfield, 21. 



Second arm : Ashbourne, 3 ; Derby, 16; Kissington, 

 19. 



Third arm : Dovedale, Okedon, Ham. 



Fourth arm: New Haven, 6; Buxton, 17; Bakewell, 

 13 ; Chatsworth, 16. 



All this the guide-post said at one turn, and fortu- 

 nate it was that Chatsworth, our destination, happened 



