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13. The "Beaufort" Brighton Coach. {Afttr IF. J. 



Shaijer) 103 



14. A Queer Piece of Ground in a Fog : " If we get 



OVER THE RAILS, WE SHALL BE IN AN UGLY FIX." 



{After C. B. Newhouse) m 



15. KoAD VERSUS Kail, {After C. Coox>er Henderson, l^io) 117 



16. Joseph Baxendale. {From the Portrait hy E. IT. 



Fickersfjill, R.A.) 131 



17. PiCKFORD AND Co's PvOYAL FlY-VAN, ABOUT 1820. 



{From a contemporary Paintin<j) . . . -139 



1 8. The Lioness attacking the Exeter Mail, October 



20th, 1816. {After A. Sauerweid) . ■ -153 



19. Winter: Going North. {After JI. Aiken). . .163 



20. Mail-coach in a Snow-drift. {After J. Pollard) . 167 



2 1 . Mail-coach in a Flood. {After J. Pollard) . . 171 



22. Late for the Mail. {After G. Cooper Henderson, 



1848) 183 



23. The Short Stage. {After J. Pollard) . . .191 



24. William Chaplin. {From the Paintinij by Frederick 



Xewnham) . . . . . . . .197 



25. The Canterbury and Dover Coach, 1830. {After 



G. S. Treguar) 201 



26. James Nunn, Horse-buyer and Veterinary Surgeon 



TO William Chaplin. {After J. F. Hej'ring) . 205 



27. William Augustus Chaplin . . . . .211 



28. The " Bedford Times," one of the last Coaches to 



run, leaving the " swan hotel," bedford. . 2i9 



29. FouR-iN-HAND. {After G. JI. Laporte) . . . 243 



30. Sir St. Vincent Cotton ...... 249 



31. The Consequence of being Drove by a Gentleman. 



{After U. Aiken) 255 



32. Goldsworthy Gurney's London and Bath Steam- 



carriage, 1833. {After G. Morion) . . .265 

 ;^;^. The Last Journey down the Road. {After J. L, 



Aijasse) . . . . . . . . .275 



