in the summer time, and long before the dawn in the 

 winter time. The writer has known several cases of com- 

 plete smash-up, which collision in one or two instances 

 could have been easily avoided, had not obstinacy on the 

 one part, and vacancy on the other, have prevailed. Those 

 in charge of gigs, traps, dog carts, carriages, or other 

 vehicles, should always be prepared to take either side, 

 (although there is one proper side) or go clean off the road 

 altogether (where practicable) in cases of emergency, 

 taking care to be in constant readiness and on the look 

 out for runaways, or heavily laden waggons that may be 

 slowly trudging along on the wrong side, and the 

 attendant some distance in the rear ; likewise for " sleepy" 

 drivers, " ignorant" drivers, and " indifferent or amateur" 

 drivers, all of which are frequently to be met with on 

 the road. And the writer thinks the Shakesperian lines 

 (he once saw nailed up behind a certain nobleman's stable 

 door) peculiarly applicable to the foregoing remarks, 

 namely, that u 'Tis a cruelty to load a falling man," and 

 " Good words are better than bad strokes." 



