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horses to be kept in readiness each day if a fast
station, and the distance and charge to be made to the
next station each way. Tims the tourist can verify
every item, and also learn how many horses have
been taken during the day, a matter of some
importance at fast stations, inasmuch as he may
thereby discover the true source of unexpected
delay and abstain from using any bad language,
when he finds that the station-master has sent a
long distance for the supplementary horses, which
he is not bound to supply at all except as a matter
of personal courtesy and good-will; and upon
which he usually obtains no profit whatever, as the
prices of horses and horse-keep have risen so much
of late that he cannot hire from his neighbours at
anv less than the official rate, which has not risen
with this increase of cost.
Tourists should never forget this and their other
obligations to the station keepers, and should
behave accordingly. This reminder is scarcely
necessary to any true gentleman, who proves his
quality by treating all his well-conducted fellow
creatures with respect, whatever be their station;
but unfortunately there still remains among us a
foul residuum, a few wdio have inherited wealth,
which they misuse, and the name of Englishmen,
which they disgrace; whose blood, and bone, and
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