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whole width of the coach, thruftlng my, com- 

 paratively, diminutive perfon up into the cor- 

 ner like a very bodkin. Each of them, plant- 

 ing himfelf, with a loud grunt, quite at his 

 eafe, they all lowered down their travelling 

 caps, and, turning into their births in the fe- 

 veral corners, funk as profoundly into the 

 arms of Morpheus as though they had been 

 quietly fwinging in their hammocks upon the 

 fmooth furface of a v^^eftern ocean. Occa- 

 fionally they were rather loud in ftarts of 

 fonorous repofe, otherwife they caufed no 

 interruption of my meditations ; and as dark- 

 nefs deprived me of all the variety of paffing 

 objeds, the want of fleep was, in fome mea- 

 fure, compenfated by my fenfes falling into 

 the flumber of weakened impreffion. 



Amldft the ftillnefs of night we rolled 

 fwiftly on, without impediment or delay, 

 always finding horfes in readinefs at the place 

 of change. Even the great bufmefs of eat- 

 ing and drinking was more than commonly 

 difregarded. No focial hour of fupper was 

 obferved : nor were our condudors troubled 

 with thofe frequent calls of thiril, which are, 



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