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1. Mail-coach passing St. George's Circus, Southwark, 



1797. (After Dalgety) . . . Frontisjnece 



2. The Worcester Mail, 1805. {After J. A. Atkinson) 7 



3. The Mail. (After J. L. Agasse, 1842) ... 13 



4. The Bristol Mail at Hyde Park Corner, 1838. 



(After J. Doyle) . . . . . . • 19 



5. The Yarmouth Mail at the "Coach and Horses," 



Ilford. (After J. Pollard) 25 



6. The " Quicksilver " Devonport Mail, passing Kew 



Bridge. {After J. Follard) . . . . .29 



7. The "Quicksilver" Devonport Mail, arriving at 



Temple Bar. (After C. B. Xeichouse) . . -37 



8. The " Quicksilver" Devonport Mail, passing Wind- 



sor Castle. (After Charles Hunt, 1840) . -41 



9. Mail-coach built by Waude, 1830. {2^^ow in ]josses- 



sion of Messrs. Holland <£■ Holland) ... 45 



10. The "Queen's Hotel" and Geni^ral Post Office. 



(After T. Alloin) 69 



11. The Turnpike Gate. {From a contcmjwrary Litho- 



graph) 77 



12. A Midnight Disaster on a Cross E-oad: Five Miles 



to the Nearest Village. (After C. B. Xewhouse) 99 



