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frequently in their host's mouth, and that 

 to him I was indebted for the notice and 

 patronage I received from many of his 

 neighbours and visitors. Latterly, his 

 family growing up, he generally travelled 

 post with the ladies ; while his eldest son 

 a fine specimen of his race stuck to the 

 box, and I had much pleasure in imparting 

 to him a few rules that, perhaps, assisted in 

 making him a perfect master of that art in 

 which he as much delighted as he excelled 

 all others in the three necessary ingredients 

 -judgment, skill, and execution. 



There was a neighbouring Squire who 

 was as fond of driving four horses as him- 

 self, but, like most amateurs, he was far too 

 fond of the whip, which he would exercise 

 with much skill, but little mercy; conse- 

 quently, his judgment was often at fault, 

 and on one or two occasions he gave serious 

 proofs of his lamentable deficiency in the 

 first qualification necessary to make an 

 adept in driving. The other rode with 



