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Mr. E. Cosier was running from Margate to Canterbury, Mr. 

 E. Onslow Seeker had put on the Quicksilver between Folke- 

 stone and Canterbury, while as soon as the Wonder had ceased 

 running from London to St. Albans, it was taken into Sussex, 

 and put on between Eastbourne and Brighton, taking Lewes on 

 the way. 



On the Continent a coaching venture was made in 1883, 

 when Messrs. W. Forbes Morgan and H. Ridgway ran a coach 

 from Pau to Lourdes, a distance of twenty-five miles. The 

 English Club at Pau was the starting-point, and the Hotel 

 des Pyrenees the terminus at the other end, the journey occupy- 

 ing two and a half hours. Later in the season the route was 

 changed from Lourdes to Oleron, the coach still starting from 

 Pau. This road was four miles shorter than that to Lourdes, 

 and was very picturesque, but as a set-off it was extremely 

 hilly. Nevertheless good time was kept, and the coach loaded 

 well. In 1885 Mr. Padelford joined the other two proprietors, 

 the Pau and Oleron route being adhered to ; but, owing to the 

 coldness of the season, the management met with indifferent 

 success, the takings falling considerably short of those of the 

 previous year. About the same time the Rocket was started 

 to run to Biarritz, a journey of seventy-three miles, completed 

 in eight hours, with six changes on the road. Edwin Fownes 

 was coachman, and R. Graham guard. From Bayonne to 

 St. Etienne a long hill was encountered, up which a ' cock- 

 horse,' ridden by a lad in postilion dress, was used ; but the 

 road was wide, firmly made, and, with the exception of the hill 

 aforesaid, well adapted for coaching. 



A few seasons prior to 1885 Mr. James Turbett started a 

 coach by Peters, and lent to him by Mr. Watson, a good man 

 on the bench, and over a country between Dublin and the 

 Wooden Bridge Hotel, Co. Wicklow ; but it did not pay, and 

 was thereupon discontinued; and in 1883 a venture was 

 launched between Dublin and Avoca. On July i, 1885, how- 

 ever, another attempt was made, as Captain Steed, whose 

 horses were poisoned a year or two ago, got together thirty 



