CH. VI TRAVELLING-CARRIAGE IO7 



times on the inner side of the bridle, never throuo-h 

 terrets on the pad. The leather portion of the trace 

 is short and terminates in a ^ inch rope, which is 

 looped round the score cut in the end of the swingle- 

 tree. There is no attempt at any finish in harness, 

 or appointments, or in methods of driving-, but these 

 diligences go with safety, night and day, over good, 

 though sometimes dangerous roads, at a fair rate of 

 speed. 



TRAVELLING-CARRIAGE 



A European Travelling-carriage of the early part 

 of this centurv, is shown in Plate X. It had a larg-e 

 body made in the form of a coupe, but with length 

 enough to admit of a comfortable, additional seat 

 inside, and had large imperials and boxes, which 

 could be taken off and used as trunks. The horses 

 were always ridden by postilions, therefore there 

 was no driving-seat, but there was a rumble, usu- 

 ally provided with a hood. 



BREAK 



A Break, according to English usage, is strictly 

 the four-wheeled vehicle shown in Fig. 58, used for 

 breaking horses ; but, either from the obvious utility 

 of putting a body behind the driving-seat, or else as 

 a development of the well-known wagonette, it has 

 assumed the form shown in Fig. 59. 



This in turn has been simplified by omitting the 

 perch and mounting the body on four elliptic 

 springs. 



