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spot on the opposite hill where, as I 

 thought, I could easily pass him. I did 

 not know, though I might have known, 

 the nature of the man I had to deal 

 with. 



Upon rising the hill my leaders were 

 again at his forewheel, when the only 

 inside passenger he had put his head 

 out, and in a most angry tone, gesticu- 

 lating violently at the same time, 

 said : 



"If I had a pistol, sir, I would 

 shoot you!" 



" Put your b old head in, do ! " 



said his coachman, and immediately 

 pulled his horses right across my lea- 

 ders' heads, driving them up a steep 

 bank, into which the off fore-wheel stuck. 



Luckily no strap, or trace, or buckle 

 was broken or displaced, but the delay 

 necessary to put the leaders straight, 

 though short, was enough to allow me 



