The Book of carriages; or, A short account of modes of conveyance, from the earliest periods to the present time (1853)
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) · London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 101
re legs with a single thong leading over theback, and attached to the sledge as a trace.Though they appear at first to be huddled togetherwithout regard to regularity, there is in fact con-siderable attention paid to their arrangement,particularly in the selection of a dog of peculiar 94 ESQUIMAUX… … regard to age and the rest of the dogs take pre-cedency according to their training and sagacity,the least effective being put nearest the sledge. ESQUIMAUX SLEDGE. 95 The leader is usually from eighteen to twenty feetfrom the fore part of the sledge, and the hindmostdog about half that distance;…
Transportation · Carriages and carts
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