ctionthat we shall find common to all coaches untila comparatively modern period. The coach-man, perhaps William Boonen himself, sitswith Dutch solemnity in front, driving, orrather walking his horses, by staid and solemnsteps on their road, the whole looking about asactive as a modern hearse. The… … and an oblong canopy above, at each corner ofwhich balls surmounted by spikes are placedas ornaments ; and a similar decoration on thesummit of the raised centre. In the middle ofeach side of the carriage is a projection capableof holding a single person, who thus sat withhis back to the carriage,…
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