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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
·
James Wilson Hyde
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In
the
year
1836
the
speed
of
some
of
the
mail-coaches
was
nearly
ten
miles
an
hour,
including
stoppages,
and
this
was
kept
up
over
very
long
distances.
From
Edinburgh
to
London,
a
distance
of
400
miles,
the
time
allowed
was
forty-five
and
a
half
hours;
in
the
opposite
direction
the
time
was
curtailed
to
forty-two
and
a
half
hours.
From
London
to
York,
197
miles,
twenty
hours
were
allowed;
London
to
Manchester,
185
miles,
nineteen
hours;
London
to
Exeter,
176
miles,
nineteen
hours;
London
to
Holyhead,
259
miles,
twenty-seven
hours;
London
to
Devonport,
216
miles,
twenty-one
hours.
But
in
the
earlier
days
of
the
mail-coach,
travelling
was
much
less
rapid;
for
we
find
that
in
1804
the
mail-coach
from
Perth
to
Edinburgh,
a
distance
by
way
of
Fife
of
40
miles,
took
eight
hours
for
the
journey,
including
stoppages
and
the
transit
by
Ferry
across
the
Forth--that
is,
at
the
rate
of
five
miles
an
hour.
The
mail-guards
rode
about
twelve
hours
at
a
stretch--quite
long
enough,
in
all
conscience,
on
a
wet
or
frosty
night.
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