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during that, time he had a guard of the name of 

 Shinner, whom he one night, on the up-journey, unin- 

 tentionally left behind at Hungerford, where they 

 changed. 



There were no passengers at the back of the coach, 

 and the roof was loaded high with luggage, so that 

 Mills did not notice that his guard was not up, 

 and kept driving on, while the guard was in a 

 little back bar-parlour, unaware that the coach had 

 started without him ; but by some means or other 

 he managed to overtake it, most probably by jumping 

 on one of the mails, which were a good deal faster 

 than the ' Monarch,' and would be coming up about 

 that time. 



At one time Mills drove the Bristol and Liverpool 

 mail, but whether it was before he went on to the 

 ' Monarch,' I don't know. With another man he 

 drove between Bristol and Hereford, a distance of 

 fifty miles ; but afterwards he drove the whole 

 distance on both sides, up and down, making just 

 100 miles. Leaving Bristol in the evening, he reached 

 Hereford about, midnight, when he turned into bed 

 for his night's rest, having to be ready for the 

 up-mai} from Liverpool, which arrived at Hereford 

 about seven o'clock in the morning'; and he then 

 ■took it on to Bristol, reaching there about mid-day, 

 having to cross the Severn at the Old Passage. By 



