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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
·
James Wilson Hyde
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But
before
a
sorter
is
competent
to
do
this
work,
he
must
learn
"circulation,"
which
is
the
technical
name
for
the
system
under
which
correspondence
flows
to
its
destination,
as
the
blood
courses
through
the
body
by
means
of
the
arteries
and
veins.
By
way
of
contrast
to
what
will
be
stated
hereafter,
it
may
be
convenient
to
see
how
letters
circulated
less
than
a
hundred
years
ago.
In
1793
the
London
mail
arrived
at
Glasgow
at
6
o'clock
in
the
morning,
but
the
letters
for
Paisley
did
not
reach
the
latter
place
till
11
A.M.--that
is,
five
hours
after
their
arrival
in
Glasgow,
though
the
distance
between
the
places
is
only
seven
miles.
A
couple
of
years
before
that,
letters
arriving
at
Edinburgh
on
Sunday
morning
for
Stirling,
Alloa,
and
other
places
north
thereof,
which
went
by
way
of
Falkirk,
were
not
despatched
till
Sunday
night;
they
reached
Falkirk
the
same
night
or
early
on
Monday
morning,
and
there
they
remained
till
Tuesday
morning,
when
they
went
on
with
the
North
mail--so
that
between
Edinburgh
and
Falkirk
two
whole
days
were
consumed.
In
the
year
1794
the
London
mail
reached
Edinburgh
at
6
A.M.,
unless
when
detained
by
bad
weather
or
breakdowns.
The
letters
which
it
brought
for
Perth,
Aberdeen,
and
places
on
that
line,
lay
in
Edinburgh
fourteen
hours--viz.,
till
8
P.M.--before
being
sent
on.
The
people
of
Aberdeen
were
not
satisfied
with
the
arrangement,
and
as
the
result
of
agitation,
the
hour
was
altered
to
1
P.M.
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