96 COACHING. 



eno;ines, tbrouoh an embankment of cbalk or 

 clay. 



Just as you are contemplating a fine mountain- 

 ous view, a stately viaduct, a picturesque water- 

 fall, or a placid lake, another train meets yours, 

 and entirely bides the prospect from you. In- 

 stead of the warm welcome at the inn, apo- 

 strophised by Shenstone, or the less ostentatious, 

 although not less sincere, reception at the way- 

 side public-house, you are shown into a huge 

 room that reminds you of the spot where the 

 lions are wont to be fed at the Zoological 

 Gardens, where all is noise, hurry, and confu- 

 sion ; where your pockets are emptied and your 

 inner man not filled, from the caloric qualities 

 of the food and the haste in which you are called 

 upon to devour it ; and last, not least, they 

 compare the comfort of a barouche and four, a 

 chariot and pair, starting at your own hour, 

 stopping where you like, with the levelling system 

 of the rail, where high-born dames of great de- 

 gree are mixed with blacklegs and sharpers, 

 where the " hereditary pillars of the State" con- 

 gregate with Whitechapel " gents" and Corinthian 

 " swells," where prim old maids are " cheek by 

 jowl" with libertine roues, where young and 

 innocent boarding-school misses sit next to soi- 



