Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Across France in a Caravan, Being Some Account of a Journey From Bordeaux to Genoa in the Escargot, Taken in the Winter 1889-90
The framing of the body was of oak, with a double skin of deal match-boarding, painted white outside, with yellow panelling, and varnished inside; and there was a removable striped canvas Covering to put on all over for extra protection against weather. The roof was also of deal, with an overlay of waterproof canvas, also painted white, and raised on battens about two inches above the true roof. At the fore end of the caravan there was a footboard of eighteen inches in width, on which the driver stood, or, as it more frequently happened during the journey, except in cases of extreme emergency which required more than usually careful con trol over the horses, sat with his legs dangling over the side, or his feet resting on the fore-carriage. A ladder hooked on to this footboard when the Escargot was at rest and the pole was removed, and formed the front doorsteps of our movable residence: when we were in motion this ladder was hung on brackets across the back of the fodder-box.
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