360 . DRIVING. 



any other nation. The outside car, so common in the land 

 itself, has made little way elsewhere. It may roughly be de- 

 scribed as a dog-cart body hung sideways, but the similitude 

 goes no further, for it is suspended on a pair of low wheels 

 which revolve inside, or rather under the body. The seats are 

 provided with cushions and stuffed backs, and the footboards 

 turn up when not in use. The driver sometimes sits on a 

 separate seat in front, and at other times on one of the side seats. 



'Advised to hold on.' 



To ride on or drive an Irish car requires a certain amount of 

 teaching, training, or practice. Visitors from other countries 

 are very apt to be thrown off into the road, if the driver is 

 humorous, or lively, and turns a street corner quickly ; any 

 stranger who rides on an Irish car ought to be advised to hold 

 fast, and not relax his hold till he has safely ended his drive. 



Ireland was much indebted to the enterprise of an Italian 

 named Bianconi, who had settled in one of the small towns> 

 and gradually overspread the country with a regular service of 



