78 COMPAKISON. 



at his ease conversing with his box com- 

 panion, or turning his head to answer 

 some query of a passenger on the roof, 

 with whom his titled compeer intended 

 to have a minute's chat that morning. 

 But no the " Independent " is close at 

 his hind boot, and John can only ac- 

 knowledge his lordship's condescension by 

 a slight but well-timed obeisance in pass- 

 ing. Compare the two, I say, and then 

 judge if the eye would not cease to be 

 captivated by the vacant splendour of 

 the nobleman's equipage, and follow to 

 its utmost ken those two rival (one 

 almost matchless) and admirable specimens 

 of this useful, elegant, attractive, but now 

 almost obsolete art. 



Before I leave this part of my subject 

 it will not be deemed irrelevant to say 

 a little more of the unsightly machine 

 that but few of my readers can remem- 

 ber, as it was just going out at the time 



