1 6 ANNALS OF THE ROAD. 



panel is the Royal Arms, beautifully ornamented with 

 the Order of St. George, the rose, shamrock and thistle 

 entwined. The left door, Mars, Minerva and Mercury 

 supporting the Imperial Crown of Great Britain. The 

 panels on each side of left door, the Liberal Arts and 

 Sciences protected. The front and four quarter panels 

 over the paintings are plate glass. The whole of the 

 carriage and body is richly ornamented with laurel and 

 carved work, beautifully gilt. The length twenty-four 

 feet, width eight feet three inches, height twelve feet, 

 length of pole twelve feet four inches, weight four tons. 

 The carriage and body of the coach is composed as 

 follows : — Of four large Tritons which support the body 

 by four braces covered with red moroco leather, and orna- 

 mented with gilt buckles. The two figures placed in 

 front of the carriage bear the driver, and are represented 

 in the action of drawing, by cables extending round their 

 shoulders, and the cranes and sounding shells to an- 

 nounce the approach of the Monarch of the Ocean ; and 

 those at the back carry the imperial fasces topped with 

 tridents. The driver's foot-board is a large scallop shell, 

 ornamented with bunches of reeds and other marine 

 plants. The pole represents a bundle of lances ; the 

 splinter bar is composed of a rich moulding issuing from 

 beneath a voluted shell, each end terminating in the head 

 of a dolphin ; and the wheels are imitated from those of 

 the ancient triumphal chariot. The body of the coach 

 is composed of eight palm trees, which branching out at 

 the top, sustain the roof ; and the four trees at the angles 

 are loaded with trophies, alluding to the victories obtained 



