52 SEIZING A COACH. 



strument as far as it goes; but it is my 

 duty to tell you that tlie coach is not the 

 property of your debtor to make over, 

 nor of any one of the proprietors : it is 

 the sole property of the coachinaker, of 

 whom the company hire it, and pay for 

 it by the mile. You will, therefore, find 

 you are exceeding the power your docu- 

 ment gives you, if you persist in taking 

 the coach with the horses." 



Having said this, he allowed me to 

 proceed, and I submitted that it would 

 be much better for him and the Company, 

 as well as the public, to allow the 

 coach with the horses to continue their 

 work. " It was customary," I added, 

 "in our business for any one proprietor 

 wishing to take his horses off, to give 

 a month's notice, thereby giving time to 

 find some one to cover the ground. I 

 assured him that his security would not 

 at all be damaged or diminished by so 

 doing ; and said if he thought there would 



