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legs under the seat, which is altogether a very helpless and 

 nervous position, and is calculated to land the driver into the 

 gutter on turning the first corner. 



The occupier of the box should be particular in pulling 

 up gradually before arriving at his destination ; and in 

 turning corners, by giving a full sweep ; going wide where 

 there is room and all clear ; and the fact should be kept 

 constantly to the front, that the driver's position behind 

 the horse is exactly the same as the man at the wheel of a 

 vessel. 



The frequent use of the horse's name is a very important 

 item in travelling long journej^s, it being not only cheering 

 to the animal, but company for him ; and the same practice 

 is of very great service when the horse is standing still in 

 the street. 



In driving along, should anything occur ahead to neces- 

 sitate your stopping or pulling up suddenly in crowded 

 thoroughfares, the whip or hand should be elevated as a 

 signal to those who may be in the rear. 



The following is an illustration of flourishing starts on the 

 part of drivers : — 



A doctor acquaintance of the writer's was in constant 

 danger of his life, and could not account for it.' After each 

 call throughout the day, the moment on opening the carriage 

 door, the horses would bounce off at express speed, some- 

 times rearing or swerving round, and invariably landing the 

 doctor's hat against the top of the door-way. The cause of 

 this very restive starting on the part of the horses was not 

 discovered until a change of coachmen came about, and it 

 was then found out that the horses had been regularly cut 

 with the whip at the sound of the handle of the door turning. 

 And it took considerable time and patience on the part of the 

 new Jehu, to persuade the horses to start steadily, without 

 bounding or plunging. 



Special care should be taken in driving down hill. An 

 Hibernian friend of the writer's used to say that — " He 

 walked the horse down hill, and the horse walked himself 

 up," which indicates plenty of consideration for the animal. 



Many serious accidents would be avoided if drivers 

 generally would adhere strictly to the rule of keeping their 



