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overtaken by those who have waited for the
horses, with whom they would then change places;
myself remaining to the last in case of difficulty in
getting horses. We had done this on other
occasions, sometimes from choice, when a walk was
desirable ; at other times when there was difficulty
and delay in obtaining full supply of horses and
vehicles. The distance of the next station in this
case is eight English miles.
We had hardly settled this when the master, so
celebrated for his surliness, arrived, and speedily
gave us a specimen of his disposition. After
arguing with the woman for a while, he came to
us and told us, first, that he had no horses, and
afterwards that we might have one horse “ strax ”
for $1 (i. e. more than double the legal fare) to the
next station, intimating, at the same time, that we
could stay here for the night. We had heard so
bad an account of the accommodation that we
resolved not to do this on anv account, and the
ladies all agreed to walk on, I remaining behind
in charge of the luggage, either to bring it
forward that night or next morning, as could be
done.
There is a large farm about half a mile distant,
and I applied there for horses with which to
overtake the pedestrians and carry them on; but the
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