"The travellers' room at the 'White Horse Cellar' is, of course,
uncomfortable," he writes; "it would be no travellers' room if it
were not. It is the right-hand parlour, into which an aspiring
kitchen fire-place appears to have walked, accompanied by a rebellious
poker, tongs and shovel. It is divided into boxes for the solitary
confinement of travellers, and is furnished with a clock, a
looking-glass, and a live waiter, which latter article is kept
in a small kennel for washing glasses in a corner of the apartment."

Whilst taking his breakfast therein, Mr. Pickwick made the
acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Dowler, also bound for Bath, who
were to play such an unexpected part in his sojourn in the
famous watering-place.

It was outside the "White Horse Cellar" that Sam Weller made that
discovery about the use of Mr. Pickwick's name which so annoyed
him. Whilst the party were mounting the coach he observed that the
proprietor's name, written in bold letters on the coach, was no
other than "Pickwick." He drew his master's attention to it, but Mr.
Pickwick merely thought it a very extraordinary thing. Sam, on the
other hand, was of the opinion that the "properiator" was playing
some "imperence" with them. "Not content," he said, "vith writin'
up Pickwick, they puts 'Moses' afore it, vich I call addin' insult
to injury, as the parrot said ven they not only took him from his
native land, but made him talk the English langvidge arterwards."

The "White Horse Cellar" ultimately was moved to the opposite side
of Piccadilly, and in 1884, the new "White Horse" in turn was pulled
down, upon whose site was erected the "Albemarle."