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carriages of this class, there was no hind seat. The 

 body of the vehicle was placed high above and exactly 

 over the front wheels, and they were attached to the 

 hind wheels, which were of considerable height, by 

 a perch of wood strengthened by plates of iron. There 

 was a hood which could be raised or lowered after the 

 existing fashion." — /. 40. 

 The Stanhope: 



" Contemporary with the cabriolet were the Stanhope 

 and Tilbury, both named after dieir designers, the 

 former having been built about 181 5 for the Hon. Fitz- 

 roy Stanhope. The other, with seven springs instead 

 of four, was lighter looking, though in reality heavier." 



—A 43- 

 The Wagonette : 



"About 1842 or 1843, Mr. Lovell, coach builder of 

 Amersham, Bucks, built what is now so generally known 

 as a wagonette for Lord Curzon; and Mr. tiolmes, of 

 Derbv, built one for the Earl of Chesterfield ; and in the 

 year 1845 one was made under the superintendence of 

 the late Prince Consort for the use of Her Majesty and 

 the Royal family, by the late Mr. George Hooper." 

 —p. 48. 



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The Gig 



" It may possibly have been some ingenious but suf- 

 fering traveller in a sedan cart who devised the gig, 

 an illustration of which in 1754 shows the germ of a 

 whole array of two-wheeled carriages." — p. J2. 

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