124 OXFORD COACHING. 



Not so with Brighton, Oxford, and 

 other towns at the distance of 50 miles 

 or so from the metropolis. Here a more 

 daslring professor was sought, to give a 

 more attractive appearance to the whole 

 turn-out; and to those places, men who 

 had gained some little notoriety, by their 

 superior skill and strong nerve, resorted 

 for employment. At this period, and for 

 some time before, the whole business in 

 the last-named place had been in the 

 hands of one man, who had inherited 

 it from his father or uncle ; and, under 

 the masterly superintendence of Richard 

 Costar, Esq., Oxford set an example to 

 the whole kingdom, and acquired a cele- 

 brity for the advance it had made in 

 the general improvement of public con- 

 veyances. 



In this school, and under this gen- 

 tleman's fostering protection, some of 

 these men had thrived, and after- 



