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dangers of the road which I am about to 

 record. 



Prince Georo^e and liis courtiers were over- 

 turned and stuck fast in the mud upon their 

 journey ; but, at the pace they travelled at, 

 no serious consequence was to be appre- 

 hended — they were six hours going nine 

 miles. 



I will now select out of a number a few 

 cases of accidents caused by the inclemency 

 cf the weather, carelessness, and reckless 

 driving. 



It often happened that during heavy snow- 

 storms travelling was impracticable. In March, 

 1827, the storm was so violent in Scotland 

 that the mails, especially those from the Soutli, 

 were stopped for several days, although no snow 

 had fallen further south than Carlisle. 



On many parts of the road between Carlisle, 

 Edinburgh, and Glasgow a path had to be cut 

 out by the labour of men the whole way ; the 

 snow was so deep as to rise in many places 

 above the heads of the outside passengers of 

 the stage-coaches, while those in the inside 

 saw nothing on their right and ou their left 

 but rough walls of snow. 



The mails dispatched from Glasgow to the 



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