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freqiKMitly from five dilferent inns, the time Avas 

 an hour and a lialf . As many as fourteen coaches 

 ran to tliat town in 1838, most of them makini^ 

 six journeys a day. Shillil)eer and his omnihuses, 

 introduced in 1821), had hy that time rendered tlie 

 exclusive short-stages old-fashioned, and they 

 Avere gradually replaced hy the more commodious 

 and popular vehicles, Avhose occupants Avere in turn 

 looked doAvn upon hy the short-stage passengers, 

 just as tlieu had heen despised hy the four-horse 

 coaches. 



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