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the year 1825 until the iDtroduction of railways, 

 Eothiug could exceed the " turns out " on the 

 principal roads. In 1833 the distance between 

 London and Shrewsbury (one hundred and fifty- 

 four miles), Exeter (one hundred and seventy- 

 one miles), and Manchester (one hundred and 

 eighty-seven miles) was done in a day. The 

 Mail to Holyhead performed the journey (two 

 hundred and sixty-one miles) in twenty-seven 

 hours, and that to Liverpool (two hundred and 

 three miles) in twenty-one hours. The journey 

 to Brighton was accomplished at the rate of 

 twelve miles an hour, including stoppages, and 

 the Bath, Bristol, Southampton, Oxford, and 

 Cambridge coaches were famed for their excel- 

 lent arrangements. 



In 1807 one of the Stamford stage-coaches 

 that daily ran to London performed the journey 

 (ninety-nine miles) in nine hours and four 

 minutes from the time of starting ; although the 

 passengers were allowed time to breakfast and 

 dine upon the road. The coach must neces- 

 sarily have run at the rate of twelve miles an 

 hour. 



The fast coach had nearly a horse to every 

 mile of ground it ran, reckoning one way, or 

 one side of the ground" — for example, from 



