THE LATER MAILS 47 



the journey with his feet on it. Immediately 

 in front of him were the spare bars, while above, 

 in the still-remaininp: case, reposed the indispens- 

 able l)hinderbuss. The original lamps, in their 

 reversible cases, remain. There were four of 

 them — one on either fore quarter, and one on 

 either side of the fore boot, while a smaller one 

 huni^ from beneatli the footboard, just above the 

 wheelers. The guard had a small hand-lam j) of 

 his own to aid him in sorting- his small jiarcels. 

 The door-panels liave apparently been repainted 

 since the old days, for, although they still 

 keep the maroon colour characteristic of the 

 mail-coaches, the Royal arms are gone, and in 

 their stead appears the script monogram, in 

 ffold, "V.E." 



