I I 8 CONCORD COACH CH. VII 



inches in front of the evener, the pole is only iy 2 

 inches longer than the English pole, measured be- 

 tween the same points. 



The brake is attached to the under-carriage and 

 not to the body, of which it is entirely independent, 

 and the brake-blocks are shoved against the wheels, 

 being on the ends of a bar which slides under the 

 perches ; it is worked by a lever, shown distinctly in 

 Plate XVI., rising- alongside of the off side of the 

 coachman's seat. This lever has, near its upper 

 end, an iron cross-bar on which the coachman's foot 

 can be placed for the purpose of forcing the lever 

 forward ; there being no rack to hold the lever when 

 it is pressed forward, the brake can be kept, against 

 the wheel only by constant pressure of the foot. 



The form of the body is shown in the drawings. 

 It has a great deal of 'cant' and 'turn-under,' and 

 its extreme width is 4 ft. 6 in. It is made to carry 

 nine persons, three on each of the three seats.* 

 The middle seat is a bench in three parts, the 

 centre part fixed to the floor, the ends turning up 

 on hinges, to facilitate access from either door to 

 the seats. The passengers sitting on the middle 

 seat lean against a broad leather strap, which is 

 hung from the roof by two straps, and has, at each 

 end, strong hooks going into sockets on the pillars 

 of the door (Fig. 63). 



* Many English coaches in the early part of the century carried 

 six persons inside, three on each seat. 





