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was no lack of four-wheeled cabs . Most objectionable convey- ances they were , the horses were slow, overworked and under- bred brutes , while the drivers were surly , il-conditioned boors, There was a great sensation when we drove out in the rs, There un 1 first brousham seen in the town , which my Mot from London . It was a delightful improvement on the heavy 1 Frankfort was in many respects behind the times , con- sidering its wealth and its situation ; for iatsadmnhabitants i] were slow to adopt the innovations and refinements of Paris and London , being content to live unostentatiously as their d 1 v=) raed athers had done . Sea fish,for instance, was an unknown deli- cacy , and game was a gpreat luxury in those days at Frankfort. late introduction of railways may have accoun- ted for the somewhat primitive simplicity of the worthy burgh- ers. The first railway built in Germany was from Fulda to Nur- the second from Frankfort to Hdéchst, a cistance of b] about ten miles . I was present at the opening ceremony when the line was extended in 1844, and I remember seeing a loco- ] motive called tee Lichtning stea- » garnished with evergreens , ming out of the station . Although the railways were rapidly extended after that time , I can recall being aroused one night by the arrival of my parents on their return from Paris being told that it had taken them five days to accomplish the journey in their own carriace . This carriage accompanied us for many years when we travelled. It was fitted on the outside with a place for the heavy luggase,while inside there were huge pockets for provisions, and a net on the roof for books. It