250 NIMROUS NORTHERN TOUR. 



present meeting, and the expressions of feeling which they had 

 received from all quarters, compensated any trouble or risk they 

 had met with at the commencement of the establishment. 



The two bowls were executed in the best taste by Messrs. 

 Garrard, of Panton Street, London, and contained an appropriate 

 coaching device, beautifully executed in frosted work, with an in- 

 scription from the pen of Lord Kintore. The whole gave much 

 credit to the taste of the earl, who kindly took charge of the 

 ordering of the plate. 



On the health of Lord Kintore being drunk, the Chairman 

 read the following letter from him, which he had that morning 

 received : 



" Chester Hall, June 30, 1835. 



" MR. PRESES AND GENTLEMEN, 



" Having but just recovered from a severe illness, I 

 regret exceedingly that it will not be in my power to preside, and 

 present to Messrs. Barclay and Watson, on the 1st instant, a 

 small token of our satisfaction to those gentlemen, who at such 

 a considerable personal risk, and in such a public-spirited 

 manner, have come forward, and have established the best 

 coach of the day now in Scotland. Gentlemen, looking back 

 hardly to days of ' lang syne/ I allude to * Ca awa Robins' 

 days, and I think I see him yet coming out of Lawrencekirk, 

 with a * long and short tommy/ at the rate of six miles an hour. 

 I repeat, looking back to the days of the Old Telegraph, and 

 contrasting her with the well-horsed, well-appointed, London- 

 built drag of the present day, with, though last, not least, the 

 general deportment and demeanour of the servants appointed 

 by those gentlemen to this coach, I do say, that not only we, 

 the subscribers, but that the public in general, are exceedingly 

 indebted to those gentlemen for such an establishment ; and I, 

 as one individual, through you, beg to tender them my best 

 thanks for the same, and to express my hearty wish, in the lan- 

 guage of ' Bob Snowj that until you go the 'journey long] you'll 

 continue to ride with The Captain and his partner. 



".I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, 



" Yours obediently and faithfully, 



" KINTORE. 



" To the Preses and Gentlemen Subscribers to the Plate." 



As notwithstanding the introduction of railroads, coaching to 

 a certain extent must still go on ; and as it should always be 

 well done when done at all, I think it worth while for the benefit 

 of those who may try a similar experiment on other ground, to 

 state a few of the leading features in the working of this coach. 



