CH. V 



AWNING 



97 



jointed in the middle like a fishing-rod, so that they 

 can be put in the boot, or inside the coach. They 

 slip into sockets under the seats. There are four 

 on each side ; those in the middle rise straight up 

 from the ends of the roof-seats. Those in the front 

 and back are of somewhat different shape, so that, 

 while rising from narrower seats, they have their 

 upper ends in a line with those in the middle ; those 

 for the box-seat also turn somewhat forward. The 

 standards have collars and knobs, at the top, and 

 four strips of hard wood, i y 2 inch by x / 2 inch, 

 with brass plates on the ends, drop over these 

 knobs, making a complete frame, over which the 

 awning is laid. The awning is best made of striped 

 material, not too heavy, and should have a valance 8 

 inches deep all round it. Braid or ribbons should 

 be provided by which the valance can be brailed up 

 if desired ; these braids can be passed through the 

 holes which have to be made in the awning where 

 it goes over the knobs. 



Fig. 57. 



A simple awning is shown in Fig. 57, but it can 

 be used only when the long and rather heavy poles 

 which it requires, can be sent by another convey- 



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