GENERAL ROAD SLANG AND TERMS. 



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A drag 

 A mail 



A stage 



Butterflies . 



To mile (miled) . 



No life in the coach 



Coach alive. 

 The mad woman. 

 Fore and hind boot 

 Under carriage ' . 

 Telegraph springs 



Box seat 



Gammon board . 

 Backgammon board 

 Futchells . 



Perch . 

 Perch bolt . 



Bolt hole . 

 Transom plates . 

 Felly, and felloes or 



fellies 

 Tire 



3. Of a Coach. 



. A gentleman's coach. 



. Carrying the mails and a limited number 



of passengers. 

 . A coach appointed for the conveyance 



of travellers and parcels from one 



city or town to another. 

 . Summer coaches. 

 . To rent at per mile. 

 . When travelling over deep or gravelly 



roads. 

 . The opposite. 

 . An empty coach. 

 . Receptacles for luggage. 

 . The foundation. 

 . Coach springs or beds, the invention of 



Mr. Warde of Squerries, and first used 



on the Manchester ' Telegraph,' whence 



the name. 

 . 2s, 6d. extra now, and worth it too. 

 . The seat in front on the roof. 

 . The seat behind on the roof. 

 . Fastening the splinter bar to the axle- 

 tree bed ; the pole is fastened between 



the two centre ones. 

 . Connecting the fore and hind axletrees. 

 . Goes through the fore axletree bed and 



fore transom, holding the perch. 

 . For perch bolt. 



. Above and below the axletree beds. 

 \ The singular and plural denominating 

 J the quarters of the wheel. 

 . The iron hooping confining the felloes. 



See woodcut on next page. 



