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had dissipated his fortune at college. I discovered 

 his change of life by mere accident, and asked him 

 if I v^^as rightly informed ? " Yes, Sir," he replied, 

 " and changed as my fortunes are, I am contented : 

 for in the midst of my gaiety, I never was so happy 

 as now^ that I am earning my bread, and maintaining 

 my child, by driving seventy miles a-day;" and 

 I heard that the respectability and unaffected 

 humility of his deportment, corresponded with the 

 philosophy of the sentiment. I cannot recall his 

 name, and if I could, it would not perhaps be right 

 to publish it : but I believe he is well known in 

 Derbyshire. 



Another character daily found on the box, is 

 your would-be gentleman, without other pretensions 

 to the rank than such as tip-top vulgarity of slang 

 and innate impudence can give him. He has the 

 flash dictionary by heart — will talk ribaldry by the 

 hour — afl'ect familiarity with all the titled black- 

 guards of the day ; and if repulsed by silence, will 

 retort by rudeness, ere your journey is well 

 commenced. 



But my Jehu, of whom I have almost lost sight, 

 was one of the good old school of top-boots and 

 twenty capes. We entered into the mystery 

 of horse-flesh with equal pleasure and mutual 

 edification. We expatiated on the merits and 



