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For this reason carriages without a perch are 

 undoubtedly easier on the horses, and nearly all 

 vehicles, nowadays, are so made. 



They are also much lighter, and as the front 

 wheels can be made to go far, or, in fact, all the 

 way, under the body, such vehicles turn in a small 

 space. It is, however, supposed that, from the 

 greater flexibility of the vehicle, the hind wheels do 



Fig. 59. 



not follow the front wheels with accuracy, and that 

 thereby the draught may be increased. 



It must be also noted that the pole of a carriage 

 without a perch is liable to fly up in crossing a de- 

 pression, such as a gutter, and strike a horse in the 

 mouth. 



Experience, up to this time, and, perhaps, a cer- 



