A MANUAL OF COACHING 



THE COACH 



CHAPTER I 

 DEVELOPMENT OF THE COACH 



The History and Evolution of the Coach * will 

 be here treated of only so far as it is necessary to 

 assist the reader to understand the general con- 

 struction of a coach before we proceed to details. 



Those who wish to study the subject at length 

 are referred to Thrupp's History of Coaches, to 

 Stratton's The World on Wheels, and to Adams's 

 English Pleasure Carriages, which give much that 

 is interesting on the subject, including copious ex- 

 tracts from earlier writers ; and also to the other 

 authorities named in the ' List of books' given in 

 Chapter XXVII., where will be found the full titles 

 of the books referred to in the text. 



The earliest vehicle which bears any resemblance 

 to a coach (its predecessors being merely cars on 



* The word ' coach,' always with nearly the same sound, is found 

 in almost all European languages during the last four centuries. It 

 is variously spelled cache, earache, kutscJie, kaets, katsi. In France 

 the name was also applied to a passenger boat. 



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