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round wick, was first brought out by the guard of the 

 Bath mail, Macintyre, now (1875) engaged on the 

 Brighton and London stage coach. The lamp previously 

 in general use had three pipe-like wicks, which were 

 square-fronted. 



One thing to remember is, that when in a fog, your 

 lamps, however good, are useless to you ; for so long as 

 your light is ahead, you will not even see your wheelers' 

 terrets ; turn your lamp sideways, this will show you that 

 you are in your road. In case of a fog the mails were 

 always accompanied through London by men with 

 torches. All the mails but two were night mails ; and 

 the two day mails, of which Brighton was one, were pair- 

 horse coaches. 



' Did you ever hear tell of J n B 1, sir ?' said a 



guard to me one day. I replied that I had heard of 



J n B 1, but never met him in the flesh. All 



Englishmen and Frenchmen too, for the matter of that, 



knew of J n B 1 ! ' Well,' said my friend, ' he 



was a mail guard as I was, and a pretty mess he once 

 made of his mails. Put on the Stroud mail one day, he 

 got his orders to take care of them, and not to give them 

 up to anyone. Blest if he didn't go and take the whole 

 lot, including all he picked up on the road, to Stroud and 

 never exchanged a single bag ! When he arrived at his 

 destination he did get a blowing up for not dropping the 

 bags at the proper places ; but all he said was, " I was 

 told not to give up a single bag, and to take every care 

 that no one took them from me, and I have done so." 

 Well, he repeated the game on his up journey, never ex- 



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