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veteran Harry Ward, who, on the termination of his 

 engagement on the Sevenoaks coach, transferred his 

 services to the proprietor of the Blenheim. This 

 coach leaves the Mitre Hotel, Oxford, every Monday, 

 Wednesday, and Friday, at 2.30; travels through 

 Ensham, Witney, North Leach, and Andoversford; and 

 reaches Cheltenham at 7 o'clock, doing the distance 

 40J miles in fonr and a-half hours. This will be found 

 a very pleasant journey, and anyone wishing for an 

 opportunity of seeing the route between London and 

 Cheltenham, can, by travelling from Hatchett's by 

 Mr. Carleton Blyth/s coach, resting a night at Oxford, 

 and journeying on the following day to Cheltenham, 

 reach that fashionable watering-place without fatigue 

 or trouble. The trip commends itself to ladies who 

 indulge in the pleasant pastime of travelling by coach 

 through districts and towns not visible when journeying 

 by rail. 



Like everyone else, my opportunities of travelling 

 on the different coaches have been limited by the 

 tempestuous times that have so unfortunately spoiled 

 all the pleasures of the spring and summer ; but not- 

 withstanding the opposition of the elements, I have 

 succeeded in making some agreeable journeys. My 

 first venture was on the Windsor coach, having been 

 invited by Mr. Bailey to accompany him on that 

 pleasant route. Fortunately, on this occasion, the 

 weather was propitious for once in a way, and we 

 started with a full load at 10.30 sharp; passed 

 through Kew, where the first change was made ; then 

 away by Eichmond, Twickenham, Teddington, and 

 Bushey Park ; pulling up at The King's Arms precisely 

 at noon. Off again, we soon rattled into Hampton, 



