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 242
he reindeerwill travel fifty or sixty miles at one stretch; but in sucha case the poor creature works itself to death, and gene-rally dies in a day or two afterwards. As a general rule,they can go thirty miles without stopping, and withoutbeing over-fatigued, and frequently perform 120 Englishmiles… … Hussian Sledge. But in those countries where the irregularities of theground render a sledge useless, travellers must either goon foot, or on the back of some animal, or in a vehicle ofsome other kind : and as the back of an animal, howeverpleasant and convenient it may be for the young andhealthy,…
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