CH. XIX GUARDS DRESS 453 



With gaiters, laced boots look best. The hat should 

 be light grey, with low crown and wide brim, but not 

 exaggerated ; it may have a dull felt surface or a 

 nap. Tan-coloured driving gloves should be worn. 

 A russet-leather case like a cartridge-box, about 

 seven inches by four and a half, is carried on the 

 left side by a strap over the right shoulder. It 

 holds the way-bill or other papers, and has a pocket 

 for the key of the coach. A small case for an 

 open-faced watch is usually fastened on the front of 

 it, but it is better to have the watch on the side next 

 the body, where it can be easily seen by tipping the 

 case outward away from the side of the body, and 

 where it is not likely to be broken. If the watch 

 is on the outside, it should be upside down, so that 

 the guard can easily read the time when the case 

 is turned up. 



The mail-coach guards in England formerly wore 

 red coats, the Government livery, and the fashion is 

 still retained on some of the public-coaches of the 

 present day, but in America it means nothing, and 

 seems to be hardly appropriate. 



Booking-Office, etc. — The booking-office should 

 be at a place where some one will always be in at- 

 tendance to take orders and money for seats. For 

 this reason, an hotel, or a public office which is 

 always open, is selected. For many years the 

 starting-place of the public-coaches in London was 

 The White Horse Cellar (Hatchett's), in Piccadilly, 



