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ing to drive my own coach offered the 

 best indeed the only means within 

 reach of supplying the deficiency as 

 stated hours of employment would do 

 the one, while the daily change and va- 

 riety of company would induce the other. 

 It was on the Portsmouth road, then, 

 that I first made my deb&t in the cha- 

 racter I have assumed in my title-page; 

 and although I did not remain there long, 

 for reasons which I shall presently relate, 

 I continued my career in the profession 

 with but little intermission until rail- 

 roads put a stop to it altogether. 



