THE COACH-HORN 



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WHAT TO BLOW 



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HOW TO BLOW IT 



OME time ago I rather thoughtlessly remarked 

 to a subaltern in the Guards that I had a 

 notion of writing some instructions about 

 blowing a Coach-horn, together with a few 

 proper sounds appropriate to the road. The said 

 officer mentioned this to his friends, who in, turn told 

 theirs ; and since then I have been besieged with 

 inquiries as to when the work would appear ; and 

 therefore, although immersed in, far more important 

 business, still from a desire to be as good as m}' word 

 — to sav nothing of promised subscriptions, and 

 anticipated profits — I have at last made up my mind 

 to " appear in print." 



A ver}- worthy friend of mine, of no particular 

 talent (although he can sound a Coach-horn right 

 well, and drives his own four-in-hand), once asked 

 me to plav something on, the violin, and when I had 

 done so, he observed, "Ah, I learnt the fiddle when 

 I was young, and should have pla^^ed ver\' nicely 

 indeed, if I had taken the trouble." 



This sagacious remark applies not only to fiddle- 

 playing, but to every other undertaking in this world, 

 including even the proper sounding of a Coach-horn. 



