An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving

by Edward Corbett

				Falmouth Mail.[5]		Exeter Mail.		Devonport Mail.
ST. MARTIN'S-LE-GRAND			dep.	8. 0	p.m.	8. 0	p.m.	8. 0	p.m.
12	Hounslow		arr.	——		——		9.12
19	Staines		"	——		9.56		——
23		Slough	"	——		——		——
29		Maidenhead	"	——		——		10.40
58		Newbury	"	——		——		1.53	a.m.
77		Marlborough	"	——		——		3.43
91		Devizes	"	——		——		5. 6
109		Bath	"	——		——		7. 0
149		Bridgewater	"	——		——		11.30
160		Taunton	"	——		——		12.35	p.m.
180		Collumpton	"	——		——		2.42
29	Bagshot		"	10.47	p.m.	——		——
67	Andover		"	2.20	a.m.	2.42	a.m.	——
84		Salisbury	"	——		4.27		——
126		Yeovil	"	——		8.53		——
143		Chard	"	——		11. 0		——
80	Amesbury		"	3.39		2.42		——
125	Ilchester		"	7.50		2.42		——
		Honiton	"	11. 0		12.31	p.m.	.
		EXETER	arr.	12.34	p.m.	2.12		3.57
			dep.	12.44				——
210	Newton		arr.	——				6.33
218	Totnes		"	——				7.25
190		Ashburton	"	2.41				——
214		Plymouth	"	5. 5				——
		DEVONPORT	arr.	5.14				10. 5
			dep.	——
234		Liskeard	arr.	7.55
246		Lostwithiel	"	9.12
254		St. Austell	"	10.20
268		Truro	"	11.55
279		FALMOUTH	"	1. 5	a.m.
	Naval Station for the departure of the foreign packets.
Miles from London:—Honiton, via Amesbury, 154; via Salisbury, 156. Exeter, via Amesbury, 170; via Salisbury, 173; via,Taunton, 193. Devonport, via Amesbury, 216; viaTaunton, 243.
	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 leftLondon one hour earlier (at 7.0 p.m.) on Sundays. The Falmouth(nicknamed the "Quicksilver") mail averaged over 10 miles an hourbetween 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.

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.

Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.