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this country and therefore the author has taken the liberty 

 of transcribing from Mr. Watson's chapter such remarks 

 as bear on the history of the following vehicles : 



FOUR-WHEELERS. 



The Coach : 



" The word drag is often employed as if it represented 

 a distinct type of vehicle. A drag, however, is merely a 

 slang name for a gentleman's coach." — p. jj. 



" The following figures are taken from one of the 

 best running road coaches, made by most scientific 

 builders, but they need not, therefore, be put down as 

 figures to be invariably adopted. They constitute 

 rather a fair average guide. The length of the pole 

 may be put as lo ft. 8 in., and, strange to say, the 

 entire length of the coach comes to within an inch of 

 the same, viz., lo ft. 9 in., the body being 4 ft. 10 in., 

 the hind boot 2 ft. 9 in., and the front 3 ft. 2 in. The 

 splinter bar measures 6 ft., the main bar 3 ft. 9 in., and 

 the leading bars 3 ft. i in. each ; the front wheels are 

 3 ft. 2 in. in height; the hind wheels 4 ft; distance 

 between front and hind wheels 2 ft. 6 in. 



" The height of coach, measuring to the roof, just 

 over door, is 6 ft. 11. in., and the bottom of the coach 

 is 2 ft. 9 in. from the ground ; the carriage or side 

 springs are 2 ft. 43^ in., and the body or cross springs 

 which connect the above, 3 ft. 11 in. The front boot 

 is 3 ft. 2 in. wide, and the hind boot is 3 ft. i in. ; the 

 space between decks from the bottom to the top of 

 the coach inside is 4 ft. and the distance between the 

 wheels 5 ft. 8 in. ; the depth of the footboard 2 ft. i in., 



