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High field magnetization curves have been measured at 4.2 K on magnetically aligned R2Co14B1-xCx (R = Pr, Nd; x = 0.0, 0.2 and 0.5) samples with the magnetic field applied parallel and perpendicular to the alignment direction. It is found that, for both the praseodymium and the neodymium compounds, the saturation magnetization decreases on substitution of carbon for boron. In the Nd2Co14B1-xCx system, the critical field of the first-order magnetization process (FOMP) increases with increasing carbon content. No FOMP is observed in the Pr2Co14B1-xCx system. The temperature dependence of the a.c. susceptibility shows that in Nd2Co14B1-xCx the spin reorientation temperature decreases with increasing carbon content. A spin reorientation phenomenon is also observed in Pr2Co14B0.8C0.2 and in Pr2Co14B0.5C0.5. Also in these compounds, the spin reorientation temperature decreases with increasing carbon content.