criticised by some, but it should be borne in mind that the omnibus classes rather as an informal carriage, and its treatment admits of a slight relaxation from the most rigid rules of form.
In the morning the omnibus is used for station work, etc., in the country ; and in town, to take the nurses and children for an airing. In the first instance it is proper for the servants to wear their undress liveries (described in Chapter X), and the same dress is preferable in the second instance. When this carriage is used in the afternoon or evening, either in town or at a fashionable watering place, the servants should wear their full liveries, as in the photo
graph, and the harness should carry out the same idea. For real country use, undress liveries at all times are in the best taste.
It is customary to have a roof seat on such an omnibus, the lazyback and cushion for which are removed when the servant is to drive, except when the seat is needed for the transporting of house serv
ants. This seat is ordinarily used when the carriage
is temporarily transformed into a four-in-hand trap. The servants then wear undress liveries and ride inside, while the owner and his guests occupy the box
and roof seats.
It must be remembered that the omnibus hardly classes as a proper four-in-hand vehicle, and for this
