In a Chariot, it adds to the elegance of its appearance, and the ease of the passengers, if the Body is hung rather lower behind than it is before; but not in a Coach, because what is gained on the front is lost on the back Seat.
CAUTIONS
AGAINST PURCHASING OF
CHEAP SECOND-HAND CARRIAGES.
“Caveat Emptor.”
“Beware of Putty and Paint,”
Mr. Jervis told me must be the Motto for this Chapter, and that
“He who Buys,
Had need have an Hundred Eyes.”
Old Proverb.
Those who purchase Second-Hand Carriages ought to be extremely circumspect indeed. Inexperienced People are apt to imagine, that if the Price charged for a Carriage is only one-half of what a respectable Coachmaker has told them that he must charge them for a New One, that it must be a Cheap Bargain; when it is most likely not actually worth one quarter of that sum.
“Experto Crede.”