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to another; and that most frequently in the veryopposite direction.

The story of Phaeton applies very justly to thehigh-mounted of every age, but it may be ques-tioned if any country can show more numerousexamples of driving characters than England.The turf and the stable have their students, anddivide with our colleges and halls the education ofour nobles.

Were it necessary to quote examples in whichthe fall of Phaeton has been exemplified by ourmodern charioteers, they would perhaps be toonumerous to detail: the danger of driving is suffi-ciently obvious to justify the shape of Deathassumed in the design given in the plate on thissubject. But the warning intended by the artistwill be to little purpose, while the love of distinc-tion, and of that noble animal the horse, remains.

This folly has, at least in appearance, degradedthe gentleman to the groom ; but it is not good toplay with edged tools: and there have not been