an open carriage, with a top to it made of 

 boards ; and, on each side, and at the ends, 

 curtains, to let down, baize in the inside, 

 and a sort of canvas on the outside, tied 

 with leather ties, to the supporters of the 

 top, on the sides, and at thebottom, catching 

 on a sort of stud, like that of a single horse 

 chaise apron . The coach has three seats with- 

 in the carriage, and one the coachman sits on 

 before. Thus it carries twelve people, three 

 on each seat, as two passengers ride by the 

 side of the coachman : but the mail coach 

 carries only nine passengers, the mail lying in 

 theinside of the coach. The coachman joins 

 in the conversation with the passengers, 

 and, generally speaking, is a man of the 

 greatest information in the coach ; for, by 

 daily passing on the road in the coach, and 

 riding with the passengers, he knows 

 every thing on the road, and learns the 

 news from all quarters. He is always a 

 great politician, and generally names his 

 horses after the president and vice-president : 

 and if he has a horse that wants the whip. 



