What to do and how to do it : the American boy's handy book / by D. C. Beard. (1882)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 299
CHAPTER XXIX. SLEDS, CHAIR-SLEIGHS, AND SNOW-SHOES. The construction of one of the simplest sleds is shown by Fig. 177 ; it consists of nothing more nor less than three pieces of board nailed upon two barrel-staves. The barrel-stave sled … this primitive sled can 177 —Barrel-stave Sled. lay claim to neither grace nor beauty, it will be found useful in a variety of ways ; it may be used for coasting, or for transport- ing loads of snow when building snow houses, forts or figures. If, instead of the long top board, a kitchen chair be…
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