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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
280
For
the
purpose
of
receiving
bags,
a
large
strong
net
is
fixed
to
one
side
of
the
van,
to
be
drawn
down
at
the
proper
moment;
and
close
to
the
door,
on
each
side
of
it,
securely
fixed
to
the
carriage,
are
hollow
iron
bars,
inside
each
of
which,
working
by
means
of
a
rope
and
pulley,
an
iron
arm
is
fixed,
upon
which
the
bags
to
be
delivered,
securely
strapped
in
a
thick,
leathern
pouch,
are
suspended.
Where
the
exchange
has
to
be
effected
at
the
station
we
are
nearing,
the
arrangements
are
just
the
counterparts
of
this.
A
net
is
spread
to
catch
each
pouch
from
the
extended
arm
of
the
carriage,
and
pouches
are
hung
from
iron
standards
in
the
ground
of
sufficient
height
for
the
net
in
the
train.
The
operation
itself
is
just
commencing.
The
door
is
pushed
back
into
the
groove
in
which
it
works,
and
then
the
sorter,
touching
a
spring
that
holds
up
the
net,
it
is
loosened
from
its
supports,
and
projects
over
the
carriage-sides;
the
iron
arm,
acting
on
its
pulley-rope,
is
drawn
round
into
the
carriage,
where
the
pouch
is
rapidly
fastened
to
it
by
means
of
a
catch
or
spring--but
in
such
a
manner
that
a
touch
from
the
net-apparatus
at
the
station
will
bring
it
off--and
then
let
down,
remaining
by
virtue
of
its
own
weight
at
right
angles
to
the
door.
A
moment
of
waiting,
and
then
all
the
machinery
acts
its
assigned
part
properly;
the
pouch
disappears
from
the
arm
(or
arms,
if
the
bags
have
been
heavy
enough
for
two
to
be
used),
and
at
the
same
moment
another
descends
into
the
post-office
net,
and
all
is
over
and
quiet
as
before.
We
mean,
of
course,
comparative
quiet,
as
much
as
is
possible
amid
the
din
and
endless
rattle
of
a
train
speeding
at
the
rate
of
forty
miles
an
hour.
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