120 LEAMINGTON. 



a residence there, I made it my home. 

 My mother I found in declining health, 

 and principally for her benefit, my father 

 proposed taking a house at Leamington, 

 in Warwickshire, vainly hoping to stay 

 the progress, or alleviate the agony, of a 

 disorder, the cure of which was impossible. 



As the only coach to this place, cele- 

 brated for its mineral waters, and the 

 beauty of the surrounding country, was 

 from our yard, at my father's desire I 

 went down, and of course became ac- 

 quainted with the proprietors on the 

 road, and those of the fraternity who 

 figured on the box. 



I had not, as yet, acquired sufficient 

 knowledge of the moral merits of any 

 individual engaged here in the Coaching 

 business for this plain reason, I had not 

 associated with them long enough. In my 

 own locality, and in my father's estab- 

 lishment, I had hitherto known them 



