262 OXFORD ROAD. 



" Peacock," at Islington, came nearest to 

 the West-end rendezvous; but were at a 

 great distance, except in the number of 

 mails and other conveyances, that issue 

 from the North side of the great em- 

 porium. 



Then, again, the road itself was much 

 frequented, not only by the equipages of 

 royalty, but displayed the constant traffic 

 of the nobility and gentry, in their ingress 

 and egress to and from the seat of Govern- 

 ment ; it was also the scene where those 

 amateurs and patrons, the members of the 

 B. D. C., exhibited their love for, and skill 

 in, the art of driving. The " Black Dog," 

 at Bedfont, about fourteen miles off the 

 stones, was the house to which they 

 often resorted, the late Sir Henry Peyton 

 at their head, and where the author's 

 own kind friend and patron, the late 

 Henry Villebois, Esq., was generally pre- 

 sent to discuss the rules of the B. D. C. 



