210 THE COACHING AGE. 



This does not seem to have been a very prosperous 

 undertaking, but possibly the overturn of the coach 

 may have had something to do with it, although there 

 is not any entry in the account referring to the acci- 

 dent, besides those I have mentioned. The hat, I 

 presume, belonged to a passenger, and judging by the 

 price, must have been a first-rate new beaver. 



