28. THE “BEDFORD TIMES,” ONE OF THE LAST COACHES TO RUN, LEAVING THE “SWAN HOTEL,” BEDFORD. 219 29. FOUR-IN-HAND. (_After G. H. Laporte_) 243 30. SIR ST. VINCENT COTTON. 249 31. THE CONSEQUENCE OF BEING DROVE BY A GENTLEMAN. (_After H. Alken_) 255 32. GOLDSWORTHY GURNEY’S LONDON AND BATH STEAM-CARRIAGE, 1833. (_After G. Morton_) 265 33. THE LAST JOURNEY DOWN THE ROAD. (_After J. L. Agasse_) 275 34. THE CHESHAM COACH, 1796. (_From the Painting by Cordery_) 283 35. THE LAST OF THE “MANCHESTER DEFIANCE.” (_From a Lithograph_) 287 36. THE COACHMAN, 1832. (_After H. Alken_) 293 37. THE DRIVER, 1852. (_After H. Alken_) 297 38. THE GUARD, 1832. (_After H. Alken_) 303 39. THE GUARD, 1852. (_After H. Alken_) 309 40. “ALL RIGHT!”--THE BATH MAIL TAKING UP THE MAIL-BAGS. (_From a contemporary Lithograph_) 341 ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT Vignette (_Title-page_) List of Illustrations ix Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore 1 Mail-coach Halfpenny issued by William Waterhouse 196 Benjamin Worthy Horne 221 “A View of the Telegraph”: Dick Vaughan, of the Cambridge “Telegraph.” (_From an Etching by Robert Dighton_, 1809) 301 A Stage-coachman’s Epitaph at Haddiscoe 316 [Illustration: STAGE COACH AND MAIL IN DAYS OF YORE] CHAPTER I THE LATER MAILS