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gate at Kingsland, and the glare of the 

 lamps not permitting me to see that the 

 further one was closed, my leaders ran 

 against it, and the force of the concussion 

 knocked them on their haunches, and very 

 much discomposed my nerves. The con- 

 fusion was very great one of the bars 

 being broken, and the leaders partly under 

 the wheel horses. I got down, and there 

 being plenty of assistance, soon liberated the 

 team, replaced the broken bar with a spare 

 one we always carried, and being pretty 

 well up in knotting and splicing, made the 

 reins right. No further mischief having 

 been done, I proceeded on the journey ; but 

 had the greatest difficulty in piloting the 

 team one of which, a wheel horse, I recog- 

 nised as the animal I had cured of his evil 

 propensities at Oxford by my knowledge of 

 hydropathics through the city one pul- 

 ling, another rearing, and all from their 

 excited state being nearly unmanageable. 

 However, at last, much to my relief, I landed 



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