DEVELOPMENT OF THE COACH 



CH. I 



purposes of the road. In England, public-coaches 

 were, from the first, direct copies of the private 

 carriage, as will be seen by comparing Fig. 4 with 

 Plates I. and II. 



Fig. 3. 





Engravings and pictures, and also the descrip- 

 tions, show that the driving-seat remained on the 



carriage-part, and with- 

 out any springs, until 

 very near the end of 

 the 1 8th century. No 

 drawing, such as often 

 headed the advertise- 

 ment of a regular 

 stao-e - coach in the 



Fig. 4. 



early American days, has come under my observa- 

 tion, in which the driving-seat is not on the body 

 of the coach ; and it is probable that this change 

 was made in America, since there are no draw- 

 ings of English carriages with thorough-braces, and 

 with the box on the body ; so long as thorough- 

 braces were used, the box was on the carriage- 

 part. 



