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Was during the time anterior to the formation of railways, when large wagons conveyed merchandise, often to a distance of more than a hundred miles, from east to west, from north to south, and continued sometimes eight to ten weeks on their course. Two wagons started on Monday morning, with the same kind of carriages, with horses of the same strength, and equally laden, for the same journey. One of the wagoners rested on the Sunday, together with his horses, whilst the other continued on his way. What followed? As horses with wagons can in general proceed only at a certain pace towards this or that village, one of the wagoners had gained on the first Sunday three or four miles on his rival, and so it went on until the sixth week, when the other overtook him. His horses, being less worked and in better condition, from that time increased their lead at each stage, and reached the end of their journey a day before the other wagoner, who came in, with his team weary and distressed.