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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 



XIX. The Great Western Road 



XX. Coaching on May Day. Bearing Reins 



XXI. The Brighton Road 



XXII. The Brighton Road — continued 



XXIII. The Brighton Road— concluded . 



XXIV. Sir John Fagg . 



XXV. Ode to Dragsmen .... 



XXVI. Memories and Regrets 



XXVII. On Accidents .... 



XXVIII. A Chapter of Anecdotes 



XXIX. A Drive on the Great Western Road 



XXX. Mr. Jacob's Invention 



XXXI. Revival of Coaching 



XXXII. Retrospective . . . . . 



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Essays by Nimrod 



The Dawn of Coaching 



On Harnessing ..... 



poling-up and breechings . 



Long and Short Wheel-Reins 



Stanhopes and Fashionable Carriages . 



Bearing-Reins, Fast Coaches, and Linch-Pins 



On Coachmen .... 



The B. D. C, and Four-Horse Club 



On Accidents .... 



Night Work ..... 



Lamp- ..... 



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