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RUMBLE 



CH. IV 



races. It should have a lazy-back, which can be 

 put on when it is used in this way, and there should 

 be also a valance of patent leather, which can be 

 buttoned on the front edge of the seat. These are 

 shown by the dotted lines of Fig. 39. When the 

 grooms occupy the rumble, neither the back nor the 

 valance should be used. 



On a public-coach the rumble is supported by a 

 solid bench like that of the driving-seat ; the board 



at the back joins the boot 

 at its upper angle, and the 

 seat is 60 inches long, so as 

 to hold three persons com- 

 fortably. On the near side 

 is a cushion (a couple of 

 inches higher than the cush- 

 ion of the other two seats) 

 for the guard, which ensures 

 n f him his proper place and 



enables him to see over the 

 heads of the passengers. 

 Sometimes a public-coach has a rumble long enough 

 for four persons, but it gives a clumsy air to the 

 coach. This seat has a permanent back. 



A strap with a loop should be fastened to the 

 under side of the back roof-seat, on the near side, 

 half-way between the centre and the end, so as to 

 come between the end passenger and his neighbour, 

 by which strap the guard can steady himself when 

 standing up to sound the horn. 



Fig. 40. 



