CH. XIX 



BOOKING SEATS 



455 



made, the amount may be receipted for on the page 

 of that day. 



A ticket should be given to each passenger bear- 

 ing the name of the coach, the date, and the number 

 of the seat. 



The seats are usually numbered as follows : 



In Paris, it is the custom to have the numbers of 

 the front seats run from left to right. 



This diagram should be printed on the ticket, the 

 seat sold being marked thereon. It is usually on 

 the time-card also. 



It should be an inflexible rule that a seat is to 

 be paid for when it is booked ; places merely en- 

 gaged, without payment, are frequently given up at 

 the last moment, to the loss of the coach and to the 

 disappointment of other applicants. 



It is also a good plan to permit places to be 

 booked for any date, no matter how far ahead ; it 

 avoids any possibility of complaint of favouritism. 

 In other words, the coach book should be open for 

 the entire season to any one who chooses to select 

 a date and to pay. It is proper, however, to re- 



