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was immediately granted, in the shape 

 of three or four stout labourers and a 

 strong cart-rope, but on our return to 

 the scene of my misadventure I found 

 the coach upon her legs and in the 

 road, the ladies again in the inside, and 

 only waiting for me to put to, and 

 proceed on the journey. 



In this part of the forest was a plain 

 or large dale, that afforded scope and 

 shelter to a number of those wandering 

 people whose virtues are the theme of 

 some of our first writers of fiction, though 

 in real life these are exhibited chiefly 

 in the hen-roosts and dovecotes of the 

 neighbouring farmers. Hence the quick 

 and workman-like manner in which all 

 things had been put right. After thank- 

 ing the motley group of males and females, 

 children and adults, I proceeded on my 

 journey safely to the end, arriving a little 

 less than an hour beyond the usual time, 



