42 ANNALS OF THE ROAD. 



(then Postmaster-General) and the Duke of Wellington 

 stood there also. Each coach as it passed saluted the 

 King, the coachman and guard standing up and taking 

 off their hats. The appearance of the smart coaches 

 emblazoned with the royal arms, orders, &c, coach- 

 man and guard got up to every advantage, with their 

 nosegays stuck in their brand-new scarlet liveries, was at 

 this point strikingly grand. The Inspectors of mail 

 coaches rode in front of the procession on horseback. 



