YARDS. 8 1 



' " Come, Charley — oh, coachy, you have got my box 

 in your boot." 



' "Aye, aye, ma'am, I know it ; I wish my boot was in 

 your box— here it is, ma'am." 



'"Stand by," said a Jack tar, " let's have a little sea 

 room and no squalls." 



' " Coachy, what a rude fellow that is ; he says I 

 squalls." 



"•' Never mind him, ma'am, he is as rough as the 

 element he belongs to — thankye, ma'am — that's the time 

 o' day," pocketing a half-crown which she had just given 

 him. " Here, Bill, take this lady's luggage out of the 

 way." 



' " Just going off, sir — do you go by me ?" 



' " Yes, how many have you inside ? " 



1 " Only four, sir, and you two make up the number. 

 All ready, Jem, bear up the leaders. Now, gentlemen, 

 you brush in and I will brush on. Shut the door, Dick ; 

 all right — ya — hip." ' 



The following is a list of good coachmen at work in 

 1838 :_ 



1 The Baronet ' (Sir Vincent Cotton), driving the 

 * Age,' on the Brighton road. 



Mr. Charles Jones. 



Mr. John Willan, ' Brighton Times.' 



Holmes, Blenheim, Oxford. 



Jerry Howse, ' Tantivy,' Birmingham. 



Tom Mountain, ' Salisbury,' Birmingham to Oxford. 



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