450 COACHMAN S DUTIES CH. XIX 



several days in the week, he must have exception- 

 ally good horse-keepers. It is convenient for him 

 to have a lieht wagfon in which to PfO over the 

 road, for which the extra horses will serve, and he 

 may sometimes go down on the coach and, stopping 

 at one of the change-places, attend to the business 

 of that and an adjoining station. 



Of some of the London coaches, in late years, 

 the professional coachman is the proprietor, and 

 takes subscribers who pay for the privilege of 

 driving on certain days, in which case the pro- 

 prietor also goes on the coach, sitting on the back 

 seat, and sometimes drives a stage or two if it 

 is agreeable to the subscriber. At times the sub- 

 scriber takes only one or two stages, out or in, at 

 his convenience. 



The duty of the guard is : to receive the way-bill 

 from the booking-office, to show the passengers 

 their places, to see that they have their tickets or 

 to collect the proper fares from those who have 

 not, to take charge of baggage or parcels, to assist 

 at the changes, and to transact all the business 

 connected with the passengers ; ordinarily he has 

 nothing to do with the horses. 



Usually at noon, the coach stops at an inn, where 

 the horses are put up immediately upon being taken 

 out, and the coach is drawn into the yard or left 

 standing- in the road near the door ; but if the 

 stable is at some little distance from the stopping- 

 place, or if, for any reason, the coach cannot remain 



