IS COACIiTNG. 



that, and I warrant you'll be dry all 

 day ?" 



None except those who have been victims to 

 the misery of inside berths can imagine the 

 wretchedness of them — ^a coach licensed to carry 

 six inside — for so small was the space, so low 

 was the roof, that the legs of the inmates were 

 cramped, and their backs doubled up. Then 

 the atmosphere was most oppressive — forty, 

 sometimes fifty, stone of human beings huddled 

 together, with both windows up. Again, the 

 occupants — occasionally a fat nurse and a squall- 

 ing baby ; a farmer, rude in health and manners ; 

 a painted old Jezebel, redolent of Macassar oil 

 and patchouli ; a fledgling dandy, strong of 

 musk ; a bloated publican, on the verge of 

 delirium tremens, who, as the old song says, 

 " kept his spirits up by pouring spirits down ;" 

 a snuffy old maid, whose nasal organ was so 

 supplied with " lundyfoot" that it set her 

 companions sneezing immoderately. Then the 

 inside passengers were to be fed, and a 

 strong odour of cheese, apples, oranges, 

 cakes, brandy, rum, gin, beer prevailed every- 

 where. 



Often in my early days have I travelled from 



