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in an instant into all its dark mysteries of " fanning," 

 " springing," " pointing," " chopping " and " towelling." 

 I went through snowdrifts, I drank rums and milk ; hair- 

 breadth escapes in imminent deadly floods were momen- 

 tary occurrences ; I alighted at galleried inns ; waiters 

 all subservient showed me to " Concords " in all quarters 

 of the empire. I revelled in the full glories of the 

 coaching age in short in a moment ! For had I not 

 touched hands with its oldest, its most revered repre- 

 sentative ? 



