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66 marked at each successive tower , and , for | messenger by other means of communica- greater security , a duplicate message was tion the English homing pigeon , or car- always despatched a couple of hours after rier , " which , on ...
66 marked at each successive tower , and , for | messenger by other means of communica- greater security , a duplicate message was tion the English homing pigeon , or car- always despatched a couple of hours after rier , " which , on ...
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Subsequently the official rate of speed was augmented to nine , and then to ten miles an hour , and with each acceleration the amount of cor- respondence transmitted by the coaches increased . This , however , was not quite the case ...
Subsequently the official rate of speed was augmented to nine , and then to ten miles an hour , and with each acceleration the amount of cor- respondence transmitted by the coaches increased . This , however , was not quite the case ...
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On the morning fixed , my horse was brought with a wrong saddle , and an hour of delay occurred be- fore the better ... Just then , aiding the purpose of the mukarie , so heavy a storm came that I was driven in- doors for two hours .
On the morning fixed , my horse was brought with a wrong saddle , and an hour of delay occurred be- fore the better ... Just then , aiding the purpose of the mukarie , so heavy a storm came that I was driven in- doors for two hours .
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