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purpofe a pair of round rings are fixed by ftiort 

 chains to the collar of the horfe, which flip over the 

 end of the fhafts with the utmoft facility, and are 

 there fixed by a pin put into a hole. Breeching, 

 becaufe troublefome for yoking and unyoking, is 

 fcldom employed. 



You will pleafe to obferve, that befides the parts 

 already defcribed, there is rcprefcnted on the 

 mounted cart (it is kept away from the other to 

 fhew the conftrudlion the better) a crofs bar that 

 rifes higher than the fhafts i through each end of 

 that bar pafTes an iron pin, which is received into 

 holes in the fhafts made on purpofe; thefe holes are 

 wide enough to let the pins be eafily drawn out, fo 

 that the wjiole bar, with the pins, can be lifted off 

 with eafe, and placed nearer or farther from the 

 axle, as the nature of the load may require. 



The great beauty of this implement is the eafe 

 with which it can be loaded and unloaded; and the 

 men who are ufed to them manage this matter with 

 an adroitnefs and dexterity that has often excited 

 my admiration. Suppofe, for example, it is a pipe 

 of wine that is to be conveyed away; in that cafe, 

 the horfe is made to go up to where the wine lies, as 

 near as he can conveniently come, and is then un- 

 yoked. The cart in that cafe ftands in the pofition 



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