IOO APRONS CH. V 



and should have a strap 30 inches long, fastened 

 to the under side, 7 inches below the upper edge, 

 which can be passed round the rail of the box-seat 

 to keep the apron from slipping down. This strap 

 is passed through a ring fastened to a metal boss, 

 which shows on the outside of the apron. 



Box-aprons sometimes have, sewed in the middle 

 of the upper part, a gusset which is supposed to 

 go down between the two persons who are on the 

 box, but it is of doubtful utility, since, if the apron 

 is wide enough, its centre part will be well kept 

 down by the strap without displacing the ends. 



The box-apron sometimes has two pockets near 

 its upper edge, and then there is a long flap over 

 them ; unless there are pockets, the flap is hardly 

 necessary. 



The aprons for the roof-seats should be 4 feet 

 wide and 9 feet long, so as to cover all four pas- 

 sengers, and there should be one for the rumble, 4 

 feet wide and 6 feet long. These sizes may seem 

 excessive, but it is a mistake to have aprons too 

 small ; they cannot be tucked under at the ends and 

 are always slipping about. 



There should be an apron, of a cloth the colour 

 of the liveries, for the men to use in the rumble. 



For cold weather, aprons made of heavy, drab 

 cloth, waterproofed, and lined with some check 

 material, are the proper thing. They should not be 

 bound, but stitched on the edo-e with several rows 

 of stitches. The box-seat apron is sometimes lined 



