REGAL COACHES FOR THE BORDER COUNTRY.
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Scottish Operators of Tours Through an Historic and Beautiful Area Choose Appropriate Vehicles.
JPERATORS who can command such a touring ground as the land f Scott and the famous Border country re indeed fortunate. It is a region of uperb beauty in itself, 'yet made the lore attractive by the richness of its istorical associations and memories of he bard who clothed it with legend and omance. No tourist can remainon
moved when passing through the hills and valleys which provided the setting for "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," nor any visitor restrain a thrill at the contemplation of Scott's lovely residence on the banks of the Tweed.
It is for touring through this land of storied castles and abbeys, romantic hills and valleys, that two well-known Scottish operators have recently added to their fleets two luxurious A.E.C. Regal coaches. One is being used by
Messrs. Cockburn and Sons, of Flakbank, near Edinburgh, and the other by Messrs. Andrew Harper, of Peebles, who run regular services to Edinburgh, Moffat and -Biggar.
Messrs. Cockburn's coach seats 30 passengers, and is provided with a Sunray head for hot-weather touring. The seats are of armchair type covered in moquette and are ideally designed for seeing the countryside in the most comfortable manner. Dark walnut-finished woodwork and chromium-plated brackets with Doverite fittings combine to produce an interior of taste and dignity, and there is a system of interior heating.
Messrs. Andrew Harper's coach is designed to carry 32 passengers and has an all-weather roof, in this case, of the Walman type. The seats—finished in antique leather—are deeply cushioned.