text:  In ancient times such ignorance might be excusable when the towns were really as distant as London and York now are; but when three hours is the utmost limit and every half hour the communication is kept up between them it struck us as something unaccountable that Bristol should be such a complete _terra incognita_ to at least a dozen smart-looking individuals who stamp off the tickets and chuck the money into a drawer with an easy negligence very gratifying to the beholder