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INDEX. 



Abchurch Lane, 5, 18-20 



Accelerators, 315 



Accidents. Coach, 48, 233, 250, 



260, 262-265, 278, 279 

 Accounts, 9-11 



a penny wrong. 11 

 Alconbury Hill, 220-222 

 Alexandria, journey to, 106 

 Alibi, a well-planned, 84, 85 

 'Alphabet,' the, 183 

 Anchor, unusual form, 108, 109 

 Andover, 117, 119 



Inns, 117 

 Apple-tree on church, 97 

 Appointments, old methods, 11-13 

 Aquatic penny post, 70, 71 

 Arming of mail- guards, 16, 17 

 Army Post-Office Corps, 301, 302 

 Atlantic passages, 187, 188 

 Aust ferry, 148-150 

 Australian telegrams, 296. 297 

 Ayrton, Rt. Hon. A. S., M.P., 36 



B. 



Bannatyne, Dugald, 236, 237 

 Banning family, 11, 179, 193 



Charles, 193 

 Barber as postman, 128 

 Barclay, Capt., 251, 252 

 Barnet and St. Albans Road, 



164-166, 168-170 

 Bates, Cephas, 84 

 Barton-on-Humber, 64-66 

 Battle of Barnet, 172 

 of Hadley, 173 



Beaufort, John St. L., 204-206 



Beckhampton inns, 51-53 



Bees in letter-box, 320 



Belfast coaches, 260, 261 



Beresford, Col., 302 



' Bianconi ' cars proposed, 328 



Blunders in telegrams, 289-293 



Bolventor, 121, 122 



Boniface, C, 48, 49 



Book-post, 323, 324 



Boulton, G., 181 



Braid, F., 239 



Bridgewater Arms, the, 199, 200 



Bright, Et. Hon. John, 284 



Brindisi, 107 



Bristol, 146 



Britannia, the, 188, 189 



Browhead signal station, 274 



BS BS BS V SO, 298 



Bull and Mouth, the, 23, 30, 31, 



37, 38 

 Burgoyne, Sir J., 9 

 Burns, Sir G., Bart., 185, 187, 



309, 310 

 Bushranger, a, 63, 64 



C. 



Cage for evildoers, 175, 176 



Calvert, B., 83 



Campania, the, at landing-stage, 



193 

 Campbell, Capt., 57 

 Campden, Visct., 41 

 Candlestick a danger, 120, 121 

 Canterbury post-ofiice, 83, 84 

 Capern, E., 215 

 Cardiff, 144, 145 



