MODE OF CONVEYANCE ON ROADS. 



.'ill 



the constant interruptions to the work, which sledges ascend- 

 ing and descending simultaneously would cause, a large 

 number of sledges are laden, and descend and ascend together 



Fi;_r. !*<). Bavarian timber-sledge. 



( rig. Js7). Sometimes the returning empty sledges are carried 



back along the sledge-road, but the workmen usually prefer to 

 carry them by the shortest cut, uphill. At the collecting 



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Enber-sledging. 



depot the wood must be stacked carefully in order to economise 

 space ; or if further transport is down slides or by water, it 

 may be thrown at once down the slide or into the water. 



