322 on high hung carriages. Fuly 4» 
they cah get into, and out ,of, high hung carriages, 
particularly descending from, them, is very] peri- 
lous. The afsistance from a man’s arm is but a pre- 
carious, prop. © It is said that a respectable citizen of 
Edinburgh, far advanced in life, bya. fall he got in 
descending from a carriage, was so much hurt that 
he never recovered it, , ; 
It is very probable, Mr Editor, that if some of 
our coach and chaise owners, were to have a few 
carriages hung so low, that the aged and infirm 
could easily and safely get into and out of them, 
they would be employed, whilst the high hung car- 
riages would be allowed to remain on the streets” 
idle. 
- know it is said, that high hung carriages are 
easier for the horses ; this may be true, respecting 
journies *, but can be of little weight respecting air- 
ings to the sands, or a few miles from town. Your 
allowing these strictures a place in the Bee, will 
much oblige, Sir, 
Your constant reader, 
MEANWELL, 
* The allegatio& ie not true. High hung carriages are demonstrably, 
in all situations, more difficult to draw than those that are lower hung ;— 
they are infinitely more liable to be overturned ;—they cannot be more 
easy for the persons who sit in them. Considered in point of utility, they 
are, in every respect, worse than low hung carriages. Never, therefore, did 
a fafhion prevail that was more contrary to reason, than this one is, and 
those who first break through it, will do a very efsential service to the pu- 
lic. Edit, © 
