_Packet arrives from abroad._ FALMOUTH dep. 1.45 a.m. TRURO arr. 2.55 St. Austell " 4.29 Lostwithiel " 5.36 Liskeard " 6.52 DEVONPORT { arr. ---- { dep. 9.30 4.45 a.m. PLYMOUTH dep. ---- ---- Ashburton " 12. 3 p.m. ---- Totnes " ---- 7.30 Newton " ---- 8.25 EXETER { arr. 2. 0 ---- ---- { dep. 2.20 11.50 p.m. 10.15 Honiton dep. 4. 4 1.27 a.m. ---- Ilchester " 6.49 ---- ---- Amesbury " 11. 0 ---- ---- Chard " ---- 2.55 ---- Yeovil " ---- 4.30 ---- SALISBURY " ---- 8.50 ---- Andover " 12.19 a.m. 11. 0 ---- Bagshot " 4. 2 ---- ---- Collumpton " ---- ---- 11.38 TAUNTON " ---- ---- 1.37 p.m. Bridgewater " ---- ---- 2.52 BATH " ---- ---- 7.30 Devizes " ---- ---- 9.24 Marlborough " ---- ---- 10.49 Newbury " ---- ---- 12.42 a.m. Maidenhead " ---- ---- 3.44 Slough " ---- ---- ---- Staines " ---- 3.46 p.m. ---- Hounslow " ---- ---- 5.26 ST. MARTIN'S-LE-GRAND arr. 6.50 5.42 6.40 NOTES.--Greenwich time throughout. The mails left London one hour earlier (at 7.0 p.m.) on Sundays. The Falmouth (nicknamed the "Quicksilver") mail averaged over 10 miles an hour between London and Devonport. [5] NOTE. The Falmouth mail was allowed 25 minutes stoppage at Ilminster (8.58 a.m. to 9.23), notwithstanding which it travelled between London and Exeter at the average speed of 10 miles and 2 furlongs an hour. SIMMONS & BOTTEN, Printers, LONDON, E.C. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of An Old Coachman's Chatter with some Practical Remarks on Driving, by Edward Corbett
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