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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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Of
the
attacks
made
upon
postboys
by
highwaymen,
some
instances
more
or
less
tragic
are
given
in
another
chapter.
This
we
will
conclude
by
recording
the
fate
that
befell
a
postboy
who
was
charged
with
the
conveyance
of
the
mail
for
London
which
left
Edinburgh
on
Saturday
the
20th
November
1725.
This
mail,
after
reaching
Berwick
in
safety
and
proceeding
thence,
was
never
again
heard
of.
A
notice
issued
by
the
Post-office
at
the
time
ran
as
follows:
"A
most
diligent
search
has
been
made;
but
neither
the
boy,
the
horse,
nor
the
packet
has
yet
been
heard
of.
The
boy,
after
passing
Goswick,
having
a
part
of
the
sands
to
ride
which
divide
the
Holy
Island
from
the
mainland,
it
is
supposed
he
has
missed
his
way,
and
rode
towards
the
sea,
where
he
and
his
horse
have
both
perished."
The
explanation
here
suggested
is
not
at
all
improbable,
in
view
of
the
fact
that
November
is
a
month
given
to
fogs,
when
a
rider
might
readily
go
astray
crossing
treacherous
sands.
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