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joined the train at Oakleigh, and most kindly 

 offered to drive me through to my destination 

 in his buggy, with three good horses. This 

 offer I gladly accepted, as, in case of accident 

 to the express waggon, it provided a means of 

 saving the fish. Besides his being a most 

 capital whip over very bad roads, his pleasant 

 companionship made the journey a very agree- 

 able one. 



" We arrived at the end of the rails without 

 accident, although, from the line being un- 

 fenced, and from there being facing points of 

 sidings in various places, and also from the 

 fact of the clearing being insufficient, there 

 was really some danger in running at the 

 rate of 40 miles an hour under the circum- 

 stances. The trees along the line are high 

 enough to reach — should any fall — not only 

 the rails, but right across the line so as to 

 touch the trees on the other side, and unless 

 a much wider space is cleared, accidents must 

 occur, during high winds, from fallen trees 

 obstructing the trains. 



" The lamps of the express waggon appeared 

 in a few minutes after we reached the un- 

 finished portion of the line, and soon the fish- 



