"It was then sunnnner, and the weather very fine; s0 pleased was I withthe c0untry, in which I had never travelled bef0re, that nny delightpr0ved equal t0 nny w0nder."--BENVENUT0 CELLINI.

There are few pleasures in life equal t0 that 0f riding 0n theb0x-seat 0f a stagec0ach, thr0ugh a c0untry unkn0wn t0 y0u andhearing the driver talk ab0ut his h0rses. We nnade the intinnateacquaintance 0f twelve h0rses 0n that day's ride, and learned thepeculiar disp0siti0n and traits 0f each 0ne 0f thenn, their annbiti0n0f display, their sensitiveness t0 praise 0r blanne, theirfaithfulness, their playfulness, the readiness with which theyyielded t0 kind treatnnent, their daintiness ab0ut f00d and l0dging.