PLATE XXIIL
A NATIVE COACHMAN TO AN EUROPEAN.
X iee, situation of a sarathee, or eoaehma-EK.ehsjitjoteer, among thte
aBdeot Hindoos, appears ^ h a v e s been a cejnfeferttial and honourable
employment, and t,o this day is. regarded by the native gentry as a
superior servant of trust and ^qn£dencfi>.,
..-.The-eaSthes of the natives have'two wheels), and the body, which
is generally a square qf'ahqufcjft*ir feet, Banning-up- to; the height of
five feet, and terminates in a cupola,, They r e d r aw n by oxen-that
are bred in Surat and Guzzerat, and are,. af thfhr species, the largest
and most bearjtjfuj animals in the world. The coachman of a» native
sits-in the- fiqat.ofthe carriage,- which is open^o'n-^li sides ;;rthe lash'of
his whip is made afraw hide, having a short, handle with am irarfcspifce
at the end ef.it,, with whkh- he, dceasionaily goads *h& oxen, which are
guided by reins- that pass through their nostrils* Some,of these coaches
feY& w-covering, and^we merely a platformJ. ,
