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outside, the proprietors forfeit five pounds, and the driver also 

 five pounds, for each passenger more than the number. A child 

 or children in the lap (that is at the breast) not counted ; and 

 two children not in the lap, but under seven years of age, are 

 reckoned as one passenger. Neither the guard (if any), nor the 

 driver, is reckoned a passenger. 



If a child be booked as a half, the age should always be asked, 

 and the answer stated on the way-bill. 



Edward Shekman. 



N.B. — There are many other regulations, for the neglect of 

 which penalties are imposed, and as to which it is necessary that 

 all parties concerned should consult the Act of Parliament. 



Bull and Mouth, London, 



October lith, 1840. 200—23 April, 1836. 



Besides the fast day-coaches I have mentioned as 

 having been started by Sherman, there were others, 

 for instance the 'Beaufort Hunt,' from London to 

 Bath ; if not exactly in opposition to the ' York House,' 

 as not starting just at the same time, it was a rival, 

 having Sherman as the London proprietor at one end, 

 and William Lane, jun., Bath, at the other. 



Some differences having arisen at Bath in the 

 coaching business, young Lane got Sherman to join 

 him, he being an enterprising man, and, as he said 

 himself when once asked to put a day-coach on a 

 road under not the most rosy prospects, ' always 

 ready to try.' The London man, being usually con- 

 sidered the boss among his country partners in a 

 coaching concern, had the general management and 

 arrangement in starting a new undertaking. 



