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his brougham from the lecture-hall to the statiou, 

 I arrived in time for the train, reaching my 

 London home in time for a ten o'clock breakfast, 

 with ample time, as the Yorkshireman sa^^s, 

 " to have a wash before a bite." 



I now turn to accidents by road. These 

 were principally caused through the careless- 

 ness of the drivers, a refractory team, a 

 coach that had not been thoroughly inspected 

 before starting, and occasionally by a coach- 

 man who had imbibed a considerable quantity 

 of strong ale or fiery spirits. I could fill pages 

 with accidents that have occurred to stagre- 

 coaches, in which many were killed and others 

 most severely hurt. 



If I recollect right, a Worcester coach, de- 

 scending the steep hill into Severn Stoke, was 

 overturned, none of the passengers escaping 

 death; and on all the roads east, west, south, 

 and north of London frequent upsets took 

 place, more especially during the foggy month 

 of November, where ditches bounded the main 

 road. 



I well remember travelling from "Windsor to 

 London on the box of Moody's coach, driven 

 by "Young Moody," as he was called in con- 

 tradistinction to his father, the proprietor of 



