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offering his services to the head and owner 

 of the establishment ; I deemed an appoint- 

 ment only a right I was entitled to from 

 former promises and from the treatment I 

 had lately received from the same indi- 

 vidual. However, we both met with the 

 same success, or, more justly speaking, the 

 same disappointment ; and the manner in 

 which our applications were received, and 

 the effect they had upon each of us, were 

 equally remarkable. 



He was consulted, and his advice asked 

 as to the policy and the time of putting 

 on a coach on this or that road, and what 

 country proprietors he could get to join. 

 This pleased his self-importance as well 

 as his inclination, for Harry* was never 

 so happy as when in opposition, and was 

 ready to be the instrument in the hands of 

 any unscrupulous London man, in endea- 



* Charlton was killed by the overturn of Mr. Costar's 

 Hereford coach, near Ross. 



