74 ox THE TRACK OF THE MAIL-COACH 



for in and around the former are Catch-em's-Corner, 

 Gibbet Lane, Hangman's Row, Darkhouse Lane, 

 Shift End, Throttle-goose Lane, and so on. 



The service by mail-coach to the Humber virtually 

 ceased when the bags were diverted from the road 

 north of Lincoln to the railway and taken to New 

 Holland ; but from Lincoln, southwards, the mail- 

 coach continued to run through Sleaford to Peter- 

 borough until September, 1846, when it was taken off 

 the road. 



The Hull coaches are now, I think, almost wholly 

 forgotten ; and the ferries, except that to New 

 Holland, are little more than a tradition ; but trade 

 and population increase without a check. Absorption 

 of the extensive docks into the system of the Xorth- 

 Eastern Eailway sounds the latest note of progress 

 and points to a fresh lease of prosperity for this 

 ancient seaport. 



