2 74 THE COACHING AGE. 



guard could have unfastened the leather cases en- 

 closing their locks, the lioness would have had ample 

 time to seize and carry off the mail leader, and per- 

 haps guard too. 



No department of the Government, I should say, 

 has undergone such important alterations, or had 

 such new and extensive duties assigned to it, as the 

 General Post Office. 



