62 BODY CH. IV 



gage. The sides are moderately curved in both 

 directions, or have, what coach-makers call the ' cant' 

 in the horizontal direction, and the ' turn-under" in 

 the vertical direction. 



The ' Wonder,' a coach much admired on the 

 Shrewsbury road in 1825, built by Waude, is said 

 to have had perfectly flat sides.* A body looks 

 ' smarter' if it has not too much curve. The 

 bottom line of the coach should be between the 

 extreme boat curve and the nearly straight, side 

 and bottom lines, connected by short curves. 



The doors of the body are hinged on the front 

 edge, unlike the doors of broughams or landaus, so 

 that if they are left open by accident they will swing 

 shut on starting. They have solid, or stable, shut- 

 ters in addition to the usual glasses, and there should 

 be some way, on the inside, of fastening them up 

 by buttons, or by pulling up the inside glasses tight 

 against them, so that they cannot be pushed down 

 from the outside in case it is desirable to lock up 

 the coach. For the same reason, the doors have 

 locks, which work with a key ; in addition to the 

 usual latches. 



The inside of a modern public-coach body is usu- 

 ally not lined, but finished in hard wood, and it has 

 cushions only. Old public-coaches were comfortably 

 stuffed and lined inside and had arm-straps, as the 

 inside places were the highest priced. 



* Old Coaching Days, p. 37. 



