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A good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside:

           Thewheelsskimoverthehardandfrostyground;andthehorses,burstingintoacanteratasmartcrackofthewhip,stepalongtheroadasiftheloadbehindthemcoach,passengers,cod-fish,oyster-barrels,andallwerebutafeatherattheirheels.Theyhavedescendedagentleslope,andenteruponalevel,ascompactanddryasasolidblockofmarble,twomileslong.Anothercrackofthewhip,andontheyspeed,atasmartgallop,thehorsestossingtheirheadsandrattlingtheharness,asifinexhilarationattherapidityofthemotion;whilethecoachman,holdingwhipandreinsinonehand,takesoffhishatwiththeother,andrestingitonhisknees,pullsouthishandkerchief,andwipeshisforehead,partlybecausehehasahabitofdoingit,andpartlybecauseit’saswelltoshowthepassengershowcoolheis,andwhataneasythingitistodrivefour-in-hand,whenyouhavehadasmuchpracticeashehas.Havingdonethisveryleisurely(otherwisetheeffectwouldbemateriallyimpaired),hereplaceshishandkerchief,pullsonhishat,adjustshisgloves,squareshiselbows,cracksthewhipagain,andontheyspeed,moremerrilythanbefore.Afewsmallhouses,scatteredoneithersideoftheroad,betokentheentrancetosometownorvillage.

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