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LAMPS 



CH. V 



should be brackets, or straps of some kind, in the 

 front corners of the interior of the coach, to hold 

 them when they are not in the lamp-irons. 



Public-coaches usually have another pair of lamps 

 (see Fig. 50), which are put on the lower step-irons 

 of the front boot. These additional lamps should 

 throw their liofht to the side as well as to the front. 



There is also a foot-board lamp, which is hung on 

 the front edge of the foot-board ; no part of it should 

 project above the foot-board, lest it catch the reins, 

 and if it extends much below, a horse may touch it 

 with his croup, in making a short turn ; it should 

 therefore be small, and it is not necessary to have 



more than one candle in it ; 

 its only use is to light the 

 pole-head, which is always 

 in the shadow cast by the 

 horses' shoulders. Foot- 

 board lamps with three can- 

 dles are too lars/e. It is not 

 easy to find the proper place 

 for this foot-board lamp ; it is more out of the way 

 at the root of the foot-board, but the heat from it is 

 likely to blister the paint above it, and it can be 

 put there only when the front of the boot is fixed. 



A completely equipped public-coach which runs 

 after dark should have a lamp on the near side 

 of the hind boot, shining backward, to enable the 

 guard to see the address on packages and to read 

 his way-bill. This lamp is so made that it can be 



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