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pened fome time fince at Bath, ought to be a 

 ftrikingr leflbn to thofe who have fo little reflec- 

 tion or feeling, as to mifapply the curb, by 

 making it an inftrument of torture. Every 

 body has heard the fate of the unfortunate 

 gentleman, who was.dafhed to pieces, by being 

 thrown in his curricle down a precipice, the 

 horfes rearing up, and running backwards, from 

 being over-curbed. I know there are too many 

 in the world who fcorn, in any cafe, to be de- 

 terred, either by precept or example; it is, 

 however, a duty performed, to give the- needful 

 warning: without admiring either their boldnefs 

 or their apathy, I heartily wifh they may expe- 

 rience no painful occafons of repentance. 



I (hall, in this place, finim what I have to fay 

 upon the fubject of thofe too numerous acci- 

 dents, which happen upon the road, to our hired 

 carriages. It is well known thefe were, more 

 particularly, frequent with the mail-coaches, 

 on their firft eilablimment ; and, on enquiry, it 

 then appeared, that they were juflly attributa- 

 ble to the ignorance and folly of raw and im- 

 proper drivers, and not in the fmalleft degree 

 to the new inftitution itfelf, which experience 

 has fmce proved, was rationally founded. — 

 Good horfes are well able to go through this 

 fevere and expeditious fervice ; the only thing 

 to be lamented is, that improper ones will, per- 

 haps, be too often applied to it, which indeed, 



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