CHxlPTER VII 



VAEIETIES 



One of the Cloth — An Alteration — Long Sojourn in India — Lucknow 

 — Hero of the Ancient Times — Great Man — A Lesser One — The 

 Peer — A Member of Parliament and Whipper-in — A Star of 

 the First Magnitude — Dido-Eevenge — Poor Attempt at Wit — 

 Norfolk Baronet — How to Eemedy an Error — Swell Mobsman 

 — Personality — A Trio — Ludicrous Accident. 



The great competition and rapid advance towards per- 

 fection in stage-coach travelling, caused continual changes 

 to be made in the different appointments that were 

 necessary to satisfy a progressive community. 



Our coach was no^w patronized by all the clergy and 

 gentry of the Western part of Norfolk, and they were 

 extremely jealous of any other road possessing a more 

 convenient or better appointed public conveyance than 

 themselves. That they should not have cause to complain, 

 I as continually urged my friend, the brewer, at Ely, to 

 adopt such alterations and improvements as I thought 

 expedient for the benefit of the concern. He had the 

 fullest confidence in my experience, and, being very fond 

 of driving, I had many opportunities of instructing him 

 in the noble art, while giving him a proper under- 

 standino' of stao'e-coach business. 



In the last alteration that had been made, in reo:ard to 



