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CHAPTER XII. 



TTAVING dwelt at considerable lengtli upon 

 -■--^ stage coaches and stage coachmen, I now 

 turn to amateurs who have distinguished them- 

 selves on the box, and who were perfectly 

 competent to take the reins in the event of an 

 accident to the regular driver. Here I am 

 reminded that upon one occasion, when Bramble 

 was driving the Chichester coach to London, 

 and was prevented completing the journey from 

 an accident, the present Duke of Richmond, 

 then Earl of March, took his place, and landed 

 his passengers safe and sound at the " White 

 Horse Cellar," Piccadilly. 



Among gentlemen coachmen of bygone times 

 may be mentioned the late Lords Clonmel and 

 Sefton, Sir Charles Bamfylde, Sir Lawrence 

 Palk, Sir John Rogers, Sir Felix Agar, Sir 



