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train, after enjoying a capital dinner at the pleasant 

 waterside hotel so well known to boating-men. No 

 better turn-out leaves The Cellar than that of Mr. 

 Robinson. His first-class coach is of Holland's make, 

 and is admirably horsed, notably in the first stage. 

 Four finer coach-horses than those working from 

 Hatchett's cannot be found, and the coachmanship is 

 in accordance with the rest of the arrangements. At 

 4.30 the Beckenham coach starts, usually with a good 

 load, and travels smartly, arriving at Beckenham at 

 6 o'clock, and finishing its journey, a most delightful 

 one, at West Wickham. This also is a well-horsed 

 and capitally-worked coach, of which Selby is the 

 professional whip ; and the traveller will find himself 

 amply repaid for the time expended in seeing how 

 the thing is done always supposing him to be an 

 admirer of artists on the bench. In addition to 

 the foregoing list, a coach has been running from 

 the Horseshoe Hotel, in Tottenham Court Eoad, 

 every morning at 11 o'clock, passing through Eoe- 

 hampton, Barnes, Wimbledon, and Kingston, arriving 

 at Hampton at 1.15 P.M., returning from thence at 

 4.15; also one from the St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, 

 every afternoon (Sundays included) at 5.15, for the 

 Ship and Trafalgar Hotels, at Greenwich, returning 

 at 10.15. In the country, the well-known fast 

 and splendidly-appointed Hirondelle works from the 

 George Inn, Enfield, to The Sun at Hitchin, travelling 

 by way of Hatfield Park and Welwyn, and doing the 

 journey at a slapping pace, admirably worked by 

 that first-class whip, Colonel Plantagenet Somerset. 

 Between Oxford and Cheltenham the Blenheim is 

 worked by Mr. Augustus Craven, assisted by the 



