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CHAPTER VI. 



THE COST OF A CARRIAGE. 



BY ALFRED E. T. WATSON. 



is the object of this chapter to give, 

 so far as is possible, some practical 

 information as to the cost of keeping 

 a carriage. Everything depends, it 



need hardly be said, upon the sort of carriages that it is pro- 

 posed to keep, and also upon the manner in which they are 

 kept ; and over this expenditure the judicious master will 

 exercise much control if he cares to give a little attention to 

 the subject. Many men order their carriages to the door, 

 hasten out when they are ready to start, jump in, and are 

 driven off at once ; and unless it chances that masters such 

 as these have those treasures of servants which are not very 

 common, it is probable that their coachmaker's bills will be 

 high. Too often the servants, knowing what little attention 



