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THE MOTOR STABLE AND ITS MANAGEMENT
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which is a pipe which passes through the tank and upwards to the top, where it is open, and is used as an air outlet when filling the tank. All the fittings are situated on the front side, and when the doors are shut they come close to them so that the person who attends to the tanks stands outside. The tanks are painted in large letters with the words, 'Highly Inflammable.' The building is situated a very considerable distance from other structures, and kept locked. An illustration of the benzine-house is shown in fig. 4.

Fig. 5. — The Hon. Evelyn Ellis's Motor-house at Datchet


The owner of a car must always remember that the best master of the mechanism is himself, and he should therefore take care to conquer all its intricacies and difficulties. Any time and patience that he spends in this manner greatly increase his power, and they are not wasted on any particular car, since nine points out of ten are common to all types of motor-carriages which are worked upon a similar system.

There is no need to deal with steam and electrically driven cars specially under the head of 'Stable Management,' because