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 243
, when used for the purposes of Avar, or state gran-deur, is mounted on the hack of one or more elephants,as shown in the engraving, p. 226, so that the next advancewould be to make animals perform the parts of men, andbear the sledge, sedan, litter, or whatever else the vehiclemight be, by means… … Littei Lome 07 llules. fastened to their pack-saddles. One advantage of such avehicle is, that it is capable of passing along narrow paths,as nothing but the feet of the mules touch the ground.A litter borne by horses was used in this country at thebeginning of the fourteenth century.
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