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instructions thereon; a due attention to which matters has more than once transplanted a coachman from his box, or a footman from behind the coach, and placed him in the carriage by the side of his Mistress.

I propose also to devote part of my labours to the service of the fair sex, in composing a set of easy rules for riding gracefully between a pair of panniers, and supporting a butter basket in the most elegant stile; a thorough possession of these attractions may draw the attention of the fox-*hunting Squires, and possibly raise the Lady possessing them, to the dignity of Spouse to his Worship the Justice.

That nothing may be wanting, I propose to appropriate a few pages to the art of sitting politely in carriages, with the most becoming attitudes adopted to each vehicle. Among others, the politest manner of airing, en famille in a gig, accompanied with a hus-