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him. The Captain happened to mention to the 

 former that he had been to a sharing_meeting of 

 the coach that morning, and on his friend expressing 

 a hope that it had been a profitable one, the Captain 

 slapped his hand down on his coat-pocket, which 

 sounded as if there was something bulky in it, thereby 

 giving his friend to infer that he had received a 

 roll of bank-notes as his share. 



The joke, however, was spoilt, and the friend 

 undeceived, by the professional chiming in with — 



' It's nae joost anything but a leather horseboot his 

 honour has in his pocket ;' which was the actual fact, 

 the Captain happening to have such an article about 

 him. 



It was not all horseboots, however, with this 

 concern, although the owners' expenses were doubtless 

 heavy from the good class of horses they were obliged 

 to have, and the whole appointments being of a first- 

 class order, not omitting the uniform of their guards 

 — red coats with yellow collars. 



Mr. Eamsay had about sixty horses in the concern. 

 The fares were £2 10s. inside, and £1 6s. out. 



The rate of travelling of the coach — which carried 

 four in and eleven outside passengers — from Edin- 

 burgh to Aberdeen, starting from the Waterloo Hotel 

 every lawful morning at seven, was as follows : 



