The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 241
Polish Carioie. is covered with ice and snow the greater part of the yearWheels would sink in the snow, would be dangerous oveiice, and would possess other disadvantages likewise; hut … Lapland Sledge and Heindeer. a simple sledge, with smooth surfaces for touching theground, and with reindeer harnessed to it, runs on withamazing swiftness. The sledge is extremely slight, and SLEDGES. 229 covered at the bottom with the skin of a young deer, thehairy side sliding on the snow. The…
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