200 UPSET. 



Street) was heavily laden on the top 

 with luggage as well as passengers; so 

 much so as to raise the centre of gravity 

 above its proper position ; and, although 

 I kept on my wrong side that Foster 

 might not have to cross, he, unaware 

 of my intention, endeavoured to do so, 

 when the superincumbent weight, resting 

 upon a very slight base, swayed the coach 

 over on the off-side, and it fell with a 

 loud noise, that reminded me of my own 

 overturn in the Bere Forest. 



It was early in the evening, and moon- 

 light. We all jumped down to assist. For- 

 tunately, no one was hurt, and the only 

 cries we heard were those of a woman wail- 

 ing for her child. It had been in her arms 

 fast asleep, and she had been sitting on the 

 off-side of the roof when the coach went 

 over, but now it could not be found. Fear- 

 ing it might be under the coach, we 

 made every exertion to get her up, but 



