Page:Motors and motor-driving (1902).djvu/405

Rh Mr. Ellis resolved to bring his car to England, in the hope that he might be summoned by the police and thus draw public attention to mechanical transit. An account of one of his drives was given by Mr. Frederick R. Simms, the originator of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, who accompanied him, from which I make the following extracts:—

Mr. Ellis continues:

Mr. and Mrs. Koosen's enterprise and determination in the face of difficulties form an example for all. Their reminiscences are so interesting from many points of view that no excuse need be made for giving them nearly in extenso. It is delightful to find that one of the earliest pioneer endeavours