74 FOOT-STOOLS CH. IV 



The roof-seats have backs, which, on a drag, are 

 covered on both sides with patent leather ; on a 

 public-coach, with the same covering as that on the 

 seats. On a drag - , the standards should be hinged 

 just above the cushion, so that they can be turned 

 down when the seats are not occupied, — which 

 should always be done. On a public-coach, the 

 standards are usually fixed. 



On a roof-seat for four, the outside persons have 

 their feet partially unsupported, and on public-coaches 

 it is usual to extend a board on both sides so as to 

 provide a footing. It is somewhat clumsy and very 

 much in the way in getting up, and is commonly 

 omitted in drags or made very small. 



As the roof-seat is usually somewhat high for a 

 lady, it is well to have two boxes to fit on the top 

 of the boot, as shown in Fig. 41, so made that 



they cannot readily slip off, and 



C^str-^ —^ yet can be pushed sideways to 



^ accommodate the persons sit- 



Fig. 41. r 



ting there. If two ladies are in 

 the middle, the boxes can be put close together, 

 so as not to occupy the whole foot room. A similar 

 arrangement is convenient for the box-seat. Car- 

 pet foot-stools serve the same purpose, but they are 

 always slipping about, falling off, and getting lost. 



The tops of the boots and the foot-board should 

 be covered with perfectly plain, single-coloured oil- 

 cloth, kamptulicon, or india-rubber. The foot-board 

 sometimes has, in addition, a perforated india-rubber 



