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but we afterwards heard that the lesson she 

 had received was not thrown away, and 

 that she ever after took kindly to her 

 work. 



Colonel Lincoln Stanhope had a good team, 

 but he was not a first-rate whip. His brother 

 Fitzroy was incomparably one of the best gentle- 

 men-coachmen in England. Many an aspirant 

 to four-in-hand celebrity was indebted to him 

 for the knowledge in driving they possessed ; 

 and many a friend's life was saved by 

 his presence of mind, coolness, courage, and 

 skill, as I have already said. 



^Sir St. Vincent Cotton was a first-rate 

 coachman ; and, although he must be ranked 

 among the geniLS irritahile, he possessed great 

 coolness, which he invariably exercised when 

 occasion required it. His horses got away 

 with him more than once, as I can vouch for ; 

 but I know not the naan with whom I would 

 sooner be seated on the box under such trvinu' 

 circumstances. His strength of arm was pro- 

 digious ; and, although not quite so showy or 

 graceful a whip as some of his compeers, he was 

 a steady and safe one. 



Sir Henry Peyton was nulli secundus : he 

 belonged to the old school ; his team 



