XXX CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER IX. 



COACH-BUILDING 358 



That one-hoss shay — Scale-drawing — Owner's superintendence — 

 Dimensions of four-horse coach — Broken poles and axles — 

 Timber employed in coach-building — Wheels — Varnish versiis 

 paint — Manipulation of timber — Wheels — Collinge's patent axle 

 — The jequirotal carriage — The mail axle — The carriage as 

 distinct from the body — Iron-work — Sons of Vulcan — Carriage- 

 springs — Painting and varnishing — Lining carriages^ — Improve- 

 ments in carriage-building — C springs — The English drag — The 

 sobriety of French workmen — Scientific training — American 

 wheels — The interchangeable system — The Paris and Dublin ex- 

 hibitions — Cruppers and breechings — Labour-saving machinery 

 — Indiarubber tires — Standard sizes — The millionth part of an 

 inch — Standard gauges — Improvements in carriage-building — 

 Coach-building periodicals — Driving by night — Carriage-lamps 

 — Height of coaches — C springs — Brought up to a trade — Coach- 

 builders — Coach - houses — Spoke - brushes — Prevention better 

 than cure — Burning of the Exeter coach. 



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CHAPTER X. 



HARNESS 437 



Oak-bark tanning — Oil your leather — Reins^Horse beats horse — 

 Patent leather — Much harness unnecessary — Comfortable har- 

 ness — Don't use bearing-reins — A natural balance — "Sit on his 

 'ead" — Look to your reins and bridles — Care of harness — 

 Harness should fit well — Harness-makers. 



CHAPTER XL 



COACH-HORNS AND WHIPS 453 



Variety of horns — How to blow — Way for the coach — The rule of 

 the road — Coach-horn calls — A heavy lash and a long stick — 

 Whip and coach-horn makers. 



CHAPTER XH. 



CHIT-CHAT 463 



A private omnibus — A miniature drag — The price of horses — Fifty 

 years ago — The world on wheels — Thompson's cyclometer — 

 The Wealemefna — Nature knows best. 



