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cannot fail to attract the attention of coach proprietors 

 in general. 



' My stage-coach, the " Old Times," says the pro- 

 prietor, ' is built by Whycherley and Sons of Cheltenham. 

 The outline given of the box seat of the same (fig. 1) 

 shows the position of the break handle. The reason 



Fig. 2. 



Fig- 3- 



why my handle comes so far forward, is to allow for a 

 large block, and to let it come away from the wheel ; so 

 that in going up a steep hill, when your weight is thrown 

 back, and your coach will be down on the hind bed, it 

 does not catch the wheel. This peculiar-shaped block 



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