484 CARRIAGES. 



have tbe equipage drawn by two small horses. The carriage, thus pro- 

 pelled, looks showy, and is moved with perfect ease. 



A mail phaeton may occasionally be seen driven through the park. 

 But this form of vehicle is not now so much used as it was a few years 

 ago ; but when well appointed, it certainly has a most aristocratic ap- 

 pearance. Few ladies, however, like to ride in such a conveyance, 

 unless they occupy a seat in the front compartment, and are accom- 

 panied by the husbands, who are driving. Such a prejudice consigns 

 half of this carriage to the servants, while the length of the phaeton 

 renders its draught so heavy as to necessitate the employment of two 

 horses. Custom, therefore, makes these vehicles expensive to the pro- 

 prietors, although the first cost is not so large as the style suggests. 

 One hundred and forty guineas or one hundred and sixty guineas will 

 generally cover the purchase of the mail phaeton. 



A MAIL PHAETON. A POOK-WHEEIED DOG CART. 



The four-wheeled "dog cart" has lately come into general use. Such 

 conveyances possess a more gentlemanly, and have an infinitely less 

 dangerous appearance, than the two-wheeled "turn outs" bearing a 

 similar designation. When driven with a pair of spirited horses, they 

 may proceed at almost any pace with perfect ease and safety ; running 

 very light, yet affording ample accommodation for every portion of the 

 load, and looking the perfection of a sporting "concern." They are, 

 moreover, when compared with the sums at which the more showy 

 properties of most carriages are purchased, not to be esteemed expen- 

 sive. A good article of this description can be bought for seventy 

 guineas, and the most elaborated seldom costs more than one hundred 

 and twenty guineas. 



Gigs of different denominations are mostly of one price. This figure 

 ranges from forty to seventy guineas. It matters not the shape, whether 

 it be a Stanhope or a two-wheeled dog cart, the expense is pretty much 

 the same. The last form of vehicle is now coming into very general 

 use ; but when fully loaded, it appears dangerous, and is a severe tax 

 upon animal strength when driven at the rate which most drivers seem 

 to prefer. Hence the obvious origin of the four-wheeled dog cart, which, 



