team. The passengers and the
baggage are all under the conductor's care.

The compartment immediately beneath the banquette, which is the front
compartment of the body of the coach, is called the _coupe_. The coupe
extends across the whole coach, from one side to the other; but it is
quite narrow. It has only one seat,--a seat facing the horses,--with
places upon it for three passengers. There are windows in front, by
which the passengers can look out under the coachman's seat when there
is a coachman's seat there. The doors leading to the coupe are in the
sides.

The compartment immediately behind the coupe is called the _interior_.
It is entirely separate from the coupe. There are two seats, which
extend from one side of the coach to the other, and have places upon
them for three passengers each, making six in all. The three passengers
who sit on one of these seats must, of course, ride with their backs to
the horses. The doors leading to the interior are in the sides. In fact,
the interior has within exactly the appearance of a common hackney
coach, with seats for six passengers.

Behind the interior is the fourth compartment, which is called the
_rotonde_. It is like a short omnibus. The door is behind, and the seats
are on the sides. This omnibus compartment is so short that there is
only room for three people on each side, and the seats are not very
comfortable.

Very genteel people, who wish to be secluded and to ride somewhat in
style, take the coupe. The seats in the coupe are very comfortable, and
there is a very good opportunity to see the country through the front
and side windows. The price is much higher, however, for seats in the
coupe than in any other part of the diligence.

The mass of common travellers generally take places in the interior. The
seats there are comfortable, only there is not a very good opportunity
to see the country; for there are only two windows, one on each side, in
the top of the door.

People who do not care much about the style in which they travel, but
only desire to have the best possible opportunity to view the country
and to have an amusing time, generally go up to the banquette. The
places here are cheaper than they are even in the interior, and very
much cheaper than they are in the coupe.

The cheapest place of all, however, is in the rotonde, which is the
omnibus-like compartment, in the end of the diligence, behind. This
compartment is generally filled with la