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BOOTS 



CH. IV 



turned edgewise, which would prevent any one from 

 stepping upon it unless the door were fastened. 

 A second coach, with the same kind of boot, was 

 built by Laurie & Marker in 1873, and both were 

 used on the London and Brighton road by Mr 

 Tiffany in 1873.* This arrangement is perhaps 

 somewhat complicated, but it is one way out of the 

 difficulty and gives convenient access to the boot. 



It may be said that while in a public-coach (where 

 horse cloths, or anything else, may be put in the 

 hind boot) the front boot should be solid, the front 

 boot of a drag may have a door well secured. 



The hind boot of a drae has 

 its door hinged at the bottom 

 in such a way that, when it is 

 open and horizontal, its inner 

 surface is level with the bottom 

 of the inside of the boot. If it 

 is higher, the boxes which be- 

 long in the boot will not slide 

 out over it unless it is put down 

 altogether. This door should 

 have iron quadrants, or chains, 

 which hold it when open, in a 

 horizontal position, so that it serves as a table for 

 serving lunch (see Fig. 36). 



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Fig. 36. 



* The ' Peters' coach was built for Mr Tiffany to take to 

 Tunis, and the seats were covered with pigskin, the first time that 

 this material was used for that purpose. 



