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to have carried on her business very successfully, and 

 much to the apprpbation of those who came in contact 

 with her, whether as customers or in her service. 



Her establishment was quite a model of the good 

 old inn, which now, I believe, is quite extinct, as the 

 various requirements for it have ceased to exist, 

 as well as the means by which it was supported.* 

 One of the old inns on a main road now, does not 

 perhaps bear the most lively aspect ; but then, be it 

 remembered, it is as different as can be from the time 

 when it was in a constant state of activity throughout 

 the day, with late arrivals and early departures, and 

 with coaches coming and going in the course of the 

 night, with loads of hungry passengers stopping to 

 supper. 



With Mrs. Nelson I think the list of noted coach- 

 j)roprietors in London may be closed, although there 

 -were many others carrying on business in a minor 

 way, having perhaps two or three coaches to Brighton, 

 or other places, distant only some fifty or sixty miles 

 from London. Nearly all those I have noticed had 

 many coaches running from their offices. Although 

 travelling at a good pace, they were not all perform- 

 ing anything extraordinary, like those goiijg the long 

 distances in the day. 



* Since this was written the house has been entirely pulled 

 down. 



