Fifty years ago . gs better. Here goes one of the long stages. Saw you ever afiner coach, more splendidly appointed, with bettercattle ? Ten miles an hour that coachman reckonsupon as soon as he is clear ofLondon. They say that in ayear or two, when all the rail-ways are opened, the stage-coaches will be ruined, thehorses all sold, and the Englishbreed of horses ruined. Weshall travel twenty miles an hourwithout stopping to changehorses ; the accidents will befrightful, but those who meetwith none will get from Lon-don to Edinburgh in less thantwenty-four hours. Next yearthey promise to open t
Fifty years ago . gs better. Here goes one of the long stages. Saw you ever afiner coach, more splendidly appointed, with bettercattle ? Ten miles an hour that coachman reckonsupon as soon as he is clear ofLondon. They say that in ayear or two, when all the rail-ways are opened, the stage-coaches will be ruined, thehorses all sold, and the Englishbreed of horses ruined. Weshall travel twenty miles an hourwithout stopping to changehorses ; the accidents will befrightful, but those who meetwith none will get from Lon-don to Edinburgh in less thantwenty-four hours. Next yearthey promise to open the Lon-don and Birmingham Eailway. Here comes a soldier. You find his dress absurd ?To be sure, his tight black stock makes his red cheeksseem swollen ; his queer tall hat, with the neat red ballat the top, might be more artistic ; the red shoulder roll,not the least like an epaulette, would hardly ward off asword-cut; the coat with its swallow tail is no protec-tion to the body or the legs; the whitened belt must. 3lLT) REGIMENT OF BUFES 64 FJFTY YEARS AGO cost an infinite amount of trouble to keep it fit foiinspection, and a working-mans breeches and stockingswould be more serviceable than those long are always brave fellows, however, ready to en-list ; the soldiers life is attractive, though the discipHneis hard and the floggings are truly awful.
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