you wish him to carry you. One Word does it; therefore, if you love your Lungs, beware of changing your Coachman.

SIR JOHN FIELDING, the famous Police Magistrate, who was blind, had a pipe fixed from the Carriage to the Coach Box, through which he could converse with the Coachman, without being heard by others. When his Chariot was stopped by any obstruction in the Streets, he inquired of the Coachman what kind of Carriage, &c. occasioned it; and it was his humour then to put out his head, and shout out in his usual peremptory tone, “Take that Cart out of the way!" or, " You Sir, in that Chaise, drive on!" This occasioned great astonishment, how he, who was blind, could perceive the cause of the stoppage, and was a source of great amusement to Sir John.

Desire your Coachman never to dispute with, or return any Uncivil language to any Coachman, Carman, &c.: if your Carriage is obstructed or offended by any disorderly persons, take out your Pocket Book, and let them see you are setting down their Number,

and then coolly tell them you will summon them if they do not immediately clear the way.

By the 1st Geo. I. c. 57, "Drivers of Hackney Coaches are to give way to Gentlemen's Carriages, under a penalty of 10s."

If your Carriage be injured by another running against it, ascertain whose Carriage has done the mischief, and let your Coachmaker give an Estimate of what he will charge for repairing it; then, before you have the repair done, let the person who injured it see the mischief and pay the sum charged for amending it. Mr. Jarvis says, that the custom is for the Repair to be done by the Coachmaker of the Party who committed the Injury.

If curious Children ask "Whose Carriage is this?" tell your Coachman to Stare full in their face, and Say Nothing: if they have the Impudence to repeat the Question, he may reply," it belongs to Mr. PRY." If equivocation be ever allowable, it is to such Impertinents.

Those who may admire the Carriage and

want to know who built it, will find the Coachmaker's name on the Axle-tree Caps.

If any of your Coachman's own acquaintance speak to him while he is either driving or waiting for You, he must answer them only by a civil movement of his Head or Whip hand. Nothing is more disrespectful and disorderly than Gossiping while on Duty.

CARE OF THE CARRIAGE.

HAVE an exact Inventory of the Harness, Working Utensils, and every thing appertaining to your Carriage; give a Copy of this to your Coachman, and once in Three months examine the state of the various articles.

A Carriage (especially when newly Painted) should be cleaned as soon as possible after it has been used.

A conscientious Coachman, who has any regard either for your Carriage or his own Character, will never permit any body to touch it but himself. If in your Visits to the Stable, you frequently find him out, or observe any persons lurking about there, who are meddling with either your Horses or your Carriage, be sure that he is Idle and worthless, or has

Business of his Own, which he likes better than Yours-then let him follow it.

The sooner you give such a Gentleman notice to quit, the better.

Never permit a Coachman to keep either Fowls, Pigeons, Dogs, Goats, Pigs, &c. which will not only eat your Corn, but be a public Nuisance to your Neighbours; for which offence you will be Indicted. See page 87.

If a Carriage cannot be cleaned till the dirt is dry, let it be well sluiced, and let the water have time to loosen it:-by rubbing it when dry, the sand and gravel in the Dirt will inevitably scratch off the Varnish and deface the Paint. When the Pannels have been heated by the Sun, they should not be washed till they become cool.

While the Pannels are wet they must not be exposed to the Sun, which ought to be avoided at all times as much as possible, as nothing injures the Varnish more.

The Iron work must be wiped quite dry, particularly the Springs: if the.wet gets between the Plates they will rust.