Cabrera Bobadilla y Mendoza, LUIS GERONIMO FERNANDEZ DE, Count of Chinch on, ab

1575-1647. Viceroy of Peru 1629-39. Cabs. Twoor four-wheeled vehicles for public hire, officially designated as hackney-carriages in England, under which name they have been in use since 1605. In 1662 in London 400 were taxed and licensed. Until 1790 they consisted chiefly of dilapidated private carriages, and a few years later the adop tion of the French form of "cabriolets de place" gave rise to the present name. The hansom, patented 1834, has been im proved till it stands first in public favor. This form of cab was used in Paris as early as 1672. In all countries cabs are licensed and fares fixed by municipal regulations.