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HORN-CASE 



CH. V 



leather case (Fig. 53) strapped to the off side roof- 

 seat iron. It is on the off side, because the head 

 groom sits on that side, and it is he who usually 

 sounds the horn. The case should be slightly 



longer than the horn and open at 

 the bottom, so that dirt will not 

 lodge in it. A wire pin across the 

 end will prevent a loose mouth- 

 piece from dropping through. 



On a public-coach, the rails of the 

 roof-seats are connected by a rod, 

 which serves for the guard to take 

 hold of in climbing round from his 

 seat to the front of the coach, and 

 also serves to hold a net, made of 

 straps, which prevents coats and 

 wraps, laid on the top of the coach, 

 from falling off (see Plates XVII., 

 XIX., and XXII.). Similar rails may be temporarily 

 attached to a drag for a journey, but they should 

 not be on when the drag is used for park driving. 



Lunch-boxes are fitted to go in the hind boot. 

 The best arrangement is shown in Fig. 54. These 

 boxes should be made of mahogany or oak, pan- 

 elled. The large ones should be lined with tinned 

 (planished) copper, which is much cleaner and nicer 

 than zinc, and each one should be divided into three 

 watertight compartments. In these compartments 

 bottles, ice, salad, &c., can be carried, separated 

 from each other. 



Fig. 53. 



