Note 15 — CAUTIONS AGAINST PURCHASING OF CHEAP SECOND-HAND CARRIAGES.
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The Leathers by which the Body is hung or checked.
The Main Braces are what the Body hangs by.
The Collar Braces are those which go round the Perch or crane, and are buckled through a Ring fixed to bottom of the Body, to check its motion sideways, and to confine it from striking against the Wheels.
The Check Braces are for the purpose of checking the motion of the Body endways, and are placed at the four Corners.
The Braces should be occasionally shifted from their bearing, as that part on which the weight rests is deprived of the moisture of grease, which preserves the Leather, and the Brace becomes dry and susceptible of the Wet, and soon Cracks and Breaks;—therefore, once in a month let the situation of the Braces be changed a little, and they will last three times as long.