. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 124 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Rkady to Start move only by daylight. These chariots had two wheels ; the carpoituvi had a hood, and the piloitiini was uncovered, or, at most, had a canopy. The triumphal car of victors and the racing chariots, harnessed often with three horses, also had two wheels. The carruca, an elegant carriage for luxury, adorned with gold, silver, and ivory, had four wheels. Its name has come down to the present day in many langua
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 124 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Rkady to Start move only by daylight. These chariots had two wheels ; the carpoituvi had a hood, and the piloitiini was uncovered, or, at most, had a canopy. The triumphal car of victors and the racing chariots, harnessed often with three horses, also had two wheels. The carruca, an elegant carriage for luxury, adorned with gold, silver, and ivory, had four wheels. Its name has come down to the present day in many languages : car- niccio, Italian ; karos, ka?\ karrikcl^ north f)f Europe ; carrossc, carroiisck Fi'ench ; carnage, English. In consequence of the bumps experi- enced on rougii and stony roads it was thought advisable, after a time, to suspend the seat between four wheels by leather straps. In the sumptuous seventeenth century they used a sort of artistically decorated swing, slowly drawn by proud and splendid Anda- lusian horses, flanked on each side by two servants, whose business it was to hold up the machine when it threatened to fall, or to right it if it fell. The use of leather straps for the purpose of lessening rough shocks is still continued in Holland, though steel springs have long since taken their place elsewhere. There- fore the few Dutch carriages of this kind that still exist may be regarded as curiosities. In our day it has become an art, and even a science, to drive a coach or carriage. The art consists in going whereso- ever we desire, in guiding the horses by reins, whip, and voice in a way to make a good appearance, and in so manag- ing that the horses suffer as little as possible from their work, and that the equipage goes forward so regularly and tranquilly that the people within it do not perceive the pace at which it. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and ap
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