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mat, which must be firmly fastened on, since acci- 

 dents have happened from its being pushed off by 

 the feet and frightening the wheelers by falling on 

 their backs. 



On some public-coaches running out of London, 

 there is a seat for three persons on the middle 

 of the roof, — 'the knife-board,' — but it makes the 

 coach top-heavy, and is a dangerous arrangement 

 not to be commended. 



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Coaches are usually painted in two colours ; the 

 colour chosen for the body is on the quarter panels, 

 the whole of the door, and the panel of the hind 

 boot. 



The colour of the carriage-part is on the risers of 

 the box-seat (also on the risers and panel of the 

 rumble, in a public-coach), the under side and edge 

 of the foot-board, and on any portion of its upper 

 surface not covered with kamptulicon, on all the 

 carriage-part including the springs, and on the long 

 rocker-bed which runs under the body and really 

 forms a part of it. 



The upper panels, the sides of the boots, the 

 front of the front boot, and the roof, are always 

 black. 



All iron-work not on the wood, such as the stand- 

 ards of the rumble, steps, seat-rails, roller-bolts, 

 hub-bands and plates, shoe, chain, and ladder, is 

 black. To this rule, the springs are an exception, 



