Then there was a one-horse phaeton [[Plate 30]], the body of which was over the hind axle, and it was hung on grasshopper springs, bolted to the axle, and connected with the body by scroll-irons; the body was joined to the fore carriage, which was without springs, by wooden stays, and the wheels locked round in front of the body. This distance of the horse from the driver, though it gives but an indifferent command of his head, yet secures the passengers from the danger of his heels.
The sociable in those days was [[Plate 28]], in the shape of a double-cab body, made with or without doors, and with or without a driving seat. Sometimes
