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... coaches on the American plan , with nine inside seats , and half - a- dozen front places outside . Our baggage was ... coach containing unofficial passengers , the second containing the Prussian Envoy with UP COUNTRY TO THE CITY OF ...
... coaches on the American plan , with nine inside seats , and half - a- dozen front places outside . Our baggage was ... coach containing unofficial passengers , the second containing the Prussian Envoy with UP COUNTRY TO THE CITY OF ...
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... coach is drawn by nine mules , two wheelers , four leaders , harnessed abreast , and three extras cantering in front also abreast . Our charioteer grasps his bunch of ribands firmly with one hand , and uses a long- lashed whip with the ...
... coach is drawn by nine mules , two wheelers , four leaders , harnessed abreast , and three extras cantering in front also abreast . Our charioteer grasps his bunch of ribands firmly with one hand , and uses a long- lashed whip with the ...
Page 154
... coaches did full justice to the old system . No time was lost in changing at the post - houses , no opportunity of quickening the pace to a trot was thrown away . It would be unfair , when the state of the road is considered , to ...
... coaches did full justice to the old system . No time was lost in changing at the post - houses , no opportunity of quickening the pace to a trot was thrown away . It would be unfair , when the state of the road is considered , to ...
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... coaches stopped for breakfast , and where a number of down passengers might be seen who had just partaken of that meal . On leaving Cordova , our escort was reinforced by a couple of Austrians . They came into the foremost or unofficial ...
... coaches stopped for breakfast , and where a number of down passengers might be seen who had just partaken of that meal . On leaving Cordova , our escort was reinforced by a couple of Austrians . They came into the foremost or unofficial ...
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... coach at 1 A.M. ? Why , indeed ? The question re- mained unanswered , the coffee and chocolate were ready at half - past twelve , and we huddled into our places more than half asleep . First there came a clattering over the stones , and ...
... coach at 1 A.M. ? Why , indeed ? The question re- mained unanswered , the coffee and chocolate were ready at half - past twelve , and we huddled into our places more than half asleep . First there came a clattering over the stones , and ...
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