YORK. 7 



saw a guinea-pig." Getting on the hind 

 wheel, he opened the boot and looked 

 in, when, to his great surprise, he saw 

 two grenadiers. 



"Well," said he, looking at the guard, 

 " they are two beauties ; where did you 

 bring them from, guard ? " 



This was rather a question ad hominum. 

 My brother and I getting in, we did 

 not hear any more of the dialogue, and 

 saw no more of the guinea-pigs. 



After travelling all that night we ar- 

 rived at York the next afternoon, when, 

 in dismissing the guard with his fee, 

 my brother, who would be a little wag- 

 gish, observed that guinea - pigs were 

 pretty things, but not always agreeable 

 in the sight of strangers. 



We continued our journey to New- 

 castle, where we arrived the following 

 evening. Having acquired an additional 

 number of passengers it was a six in- 



