CAREFUL METHODS OF CLEARING. 



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can be no objections to sliding or dragging timber from the 



felling-area. 



v. 



Sledges may be used for clearing the felling-area, and then 

 on frozen ground or temporary sledge- roads, as distinguished 



. 171. .Moravian sloi 



from permanent sledge-roads, which will be described under 

 "Wood-transport." 



(a) Construction of Sledges. The mode of construction 

 of ordinary wood-sledges may 

 be seen from the annexed 

 figures, different forms being 

 used in various European 

 countries and districts, but 

 it has not yet been decided 

 which is the best form to 

 adopt under various circum- 

 stances. 



[Two forms of sledge are in 

 use in the N.W. Himalayas 

 for transport of railway-sleepers 

 and firewood, and have proved 

 very useful. As the oak run- 

 ners of these sledges become Fig> 172 -- Moravian short sled g e -t 

 worn, soles also of oak are applied to them. Tr.] 



* in this sledge, the load rests distinctly on the runners, and its construction 



: y simple. 



f In this short sledge firewood is placed between the vertical arms and the 

 shaft (a). 



