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have stopped somewhere for dinner, if not also for 

 breakfast, as they started at seven in the morn- 

 ing. 



The ' Hirondelle ' was better known among the 

 horsekeepers and that class along the road by the name 

 of the ' Irondevil.' * 



Bath and Cheltenham somewhat resembled each 

 other in coaching affairs. They were both fashionable 

 places, ' and each had a fashionable day-coach to 

 London ; that from Cheltenham being the ' Berkeley 

 Hunt,' from the Plough Hotel, and that from Bath 

 being the ' York House,' running from the York House 

 Hotel. Each also had a second day-coach, starting from 

 the same places, viz., the ' Cheltenham Magnet,' from 

 the Royal Hotel, and the 'White Hart,' from that 

 hotel at Bath. 



There were besides other day - coaches running 

 through each of these places, but having come from 

 farther down the country, such as all the Bristol 

 coaches which passed through Bath and all the 

 Gloucester through Cheltenham ; and those to whom 

 it was not convenient perhaps to post just when they 

 wanted to go to town, or who found the posting 

 throughout rather too expensive, would patronize 

 what I may call the coach of the place. 



Travelling post was a somewhat expensive affair, 

 especially if with four horses, as appears by the 



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