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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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The
accidents
that
befell
the
coaches
were
sometimes
of
a
really
serious
character,
and
of
very
frequent
occurrence--some
of
them,
or
perhaps
many
of
them,
being
due
wholly
to
carelessness.
A
person
writing
in
1822
remarks
as
follows:--"It
is
really
heartrending
to
hear
of
the
dreadful
accidents
that
befall
his
Majesty's
subjects
now
on
their
travels
through
the
country.
In
my
younger
days,
when
I
was
on
the
eve
of
setting
out
on
a
journey,
my
wife
was
in
the
habit
of
giving
me
her
parting
blessing,
concluding
with
the
words,
'God
bless
you,
my
dear;
I
hope
you
will
not
be
robbed.'
But
it
is
now
changed
to
'God
bless
you,
my
dear;
I
hope
you
will
not
get
your
neck
broke,
and
that
you
will
bring
all
your
legs
safe
home
again.'"
Sometimes
the
drivers,
if
it
fell
in
their
way
to
overtake
or
be
overtaken
by
an
opposition
coach,
would
go
in
for
proving
who
had
the
best
team,
and
an
exciting
race
would
result.
Sometimes
a
horse
would
fall,
and
bring
the
coach
to
grief;
and
in
the
night-time
the
horses
would
occasionally
tumble
over
obstacles
maliciously
placed
on
the
road
to
bring
this
about.
Whether
this
was
always
done
to
facilitate
robbery,
or
out
of
sheer
wantonness,
is
not
quite
clear,
but
instances
of
such
acts
of
wickedness
were
frequent.
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