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THE BATH ROAD 



record, which was beaten four years later — August 23, 

 1895 — by F. Martiu, by the narrow margin of 

 11 mins. 43 sees. These figures in turn were lowered, 

 August 5, 1897, by T. J. Gibbs, Bath Road Club, 

 who accomplished a record of 14 hrs. 18 miu. 



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And DOW we come, past the tree-shaded hamlet of 

 Cross Keys, to Pickwick, ninety-seven miles from 



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CROSS KEYS. 



London, situated at a turning in the road which leads 

 to Corsham Regis, half a mile distant, on the left 

 hand. The traveller, exploring this road for the first 

 time, looks forward with curiosity to seeing a place 

 with so famous a name ; Ijut Pickwick, the decayed 



