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victory at the " George," over an excellent 

 dinner, at which the volubility and antics 

 of a London waiter added amusement to 

 our carousals. 



It was full twenty years after this 

 occurrence when, officiating on the drag 

 on which I spent so many years of my 

 life, that my way-bill instructed me to 

 take up an inside passenger at Doctor's 

 Commons. I stopped, and a middle-aged 

 gentleman got in, making three insides ; on 

 my pulling up at the "Bull," in Bishops- 

 gate Street, where we also booked, a 

 lady presented herself with a child ; she 

 took the fourth seat, and when 

 the husband, who was an outside pas- 

 senger, was about to put the child in 

 also, the gent from Doctor's Commons 

 demurred, and said he would not allow 

 it. 



I was then appealed to, and I ven- 

 tured an explanation; but all to no 

 purpose. We were allowed to carry four 



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