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went ever after hopping to his grave. 



Some part of the coach had fallen 

 upon him, and had dislocated or mate- 

 rially injured the hip-joint. The real 

 cause of the accident, I believe, was 

 his having his leader's reins wrong be- 

 tween his fingers, which was done 

 when he took them in his hurry to 

 start, from his box companion, with- 

 out properly adjusting them. In going 

 round the corner or bend by the " Bald- 

 faced Stag," when he found himself too 

 near the fence, he pulled the wrong 

 rein, which caused his leaders to hug 

 the fence, and, the fore-carriage strik- 

 ing against it, overthrew the coach into 

 the road. He thus committed an act 

 of gross carelessness, or, to say the least, 

 displayed a want of knowledge of the 

 rudiments of his profession. 



I remember a gentleman, now long 

 since deceased, whom I would class as 



