The Sultan, the Arch Polygamist and Emperor William in the 



same carriage. 



CHAPTER IV 



jHEN vehicles were first used is hard 

 to tell, but we know that they have 

 been used for thousands of years 

 before the Christian era. It is easy 

 to imagine how they looked at that 

 time, when we know how half- 

 civilized people now make wagons. 

 The first vehicle was only a two-wheeled cart called 

 chariot. Such chariots were used in war and that it 

 was a case of "great cry and little wool" is certain. 



The blacksmith used to be the wagon and carriage 

 maker. Now it is only a rare case when a blacksmith 

 makes a carriage, and when it happens most of the 

 parts are bought. In 1565 the first coach was made in 

 England. 



Now there are hundreds of factories making wagons 

 and carriages and parts of them for repair use by 

 blacksmiths and wagon makers. It is no use for any 

 blacksmith or wagon maker to compete with these 

 factories. We have neither the means nor the facili- 

 ties to do it, and have to be content with the repairs 

 they need. The mo'st important repairs are the set- 

 ting of tire, welding and setting axle stubs. 



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