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York Express from Buckden to Wclvvyn and back — 

 about seventy miles every day — was described by Peter 

 Pry in the Sporting Magazine, and Peter Pry knew 

 what he was describing, as almost everything that a 

 fine coachman should be — " under fifty years of age, 

 bony, without fat, healthy-looking, evidently abstemious ; 

 moreover not too tall, but just the proper size to sit 

 gracefully." So much for a general view ! And to 





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descend to detail — " His right hand and whip were 

 beautifully in unison ; " at which point Peter Pry appears 

 to me to rise into the regions of metaphor in the de- 

 scription of his favourite. But he continues his eagle 

 flight undaunted. 



" Cartwright's perfections," he cries, " end not here ! 

 His manner of treating his leaders is equally fine. 

 His system is stillness, and to drive without using 



