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as the wheels are low, fo as to raifc the cart higher 

 before than behind, when in yoke they arc well 

 enough fecurcd by means of ropes. 



When barrels of a fmaller fize, or large boxes, arc 

 to be loaded, inftead of taking the horfe away, they 

 make him (land ftill in his place, while the fhafts 

 arc lifted up fo high before as to allow the hinder 

 points to reach the ground, which gives a deeper 

 inclined plane than the former for the fame purpofe. 

 This is moll ufually done for Aiding up large boxes 

 of any forti bale goods and fmall boxes are put 

 upon the cart with the greateft cafe by hand, as it is 

 low, and not interrrupted by fides of any fort. For 

 grains, bags are made of a convenient length to lie 

 acrofs the cart, and are piled one above another with 

 great cafe, and bound with ropes. Every carter 

 ufually fupplies bags for himfelf. 



It is aftonifhing to fee the quantity of work that 

 will be performed in a (hort time by thcfe carters 

 with this flight implement. The horfes arc in ge- 

 neral of very little value, few of them being worth 

 more than 5I. yet with one of thefe horfes it is ufual 

 to carry two hogfheads of fugar or of tobacco from 

 Leith to Edinburgh, which is all up hill, or other 

 loads in proportion. I am perfuaded one of our 

 carters with his horfe and cart would perform twice 



as 



