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polishing any window glass and brass work with 

 whiting, and metal polish and a black chamois, 

 actually and thoroughly clean. 



The leather dash will need an occasional dress- 

 ing, as will all leather tops, side curtains, aprons, 

 etc., with an application of neats-foot-oil. Curtains 

 should be frequently unfolded, cleaned, and aired, 

 if kept under the seats, and, if rolled up on the 

 sides, should be lowered. The top (as of buggies, 

 etc.) should always be kept up in the coach-house, 

 lest the bows warp and the leather crack. Sun 

 and air are always available, and should be freely 

 resorted to, not only in the care of vehicles in 

 active service, but with those laid by, and summer 

 or winter, at least once weekly, all carriages, har- 

 nesses, blankets, robes, etc., should be placed where 

 the air and sun can have full sweep at them ; thus 

 counteracting any tendency to mouldiness, musty or 

 stable odours, or the inroads of moths, which find 

 sunlight fully as distasteful as the usual sparsely 

 scattered camphor balls. 



Two-wheeled vehicles should be supported as to 



