CHAPTER II.

Whirlicote of the Middle Ages--Charettes--Cars of the Middle Ages--Revival of Carriages--The First Coaches--The German Waggon--Ancient Saxon Waggon--The Horse Litter--The Old Coaches at Coburg--Early Italian Coaches--Coach of Queen Elizabeth--Coach of Charles I.--Coach of Henri Quatre--Time of Louis XIV.--The Brouette and Steel Springs--The Berlin--Old Coaches at Vienna--Horse Litter at the Imperial Mews--Utility of Steel Springs--Mr Samuel Pepys’ Diary--Sedan Chairs--Coachbuilding in 1770--Chariot à l’Anglaise--Encyclopædia on Coachbuilding--Cabriolets--Light Chariots--The Darnley Chariot 26-55