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After a fall of snow, sledges laden with firewood may be 

 dragged conveniently by a horse or bullock ; they are larger 

 than the ordinary sledge, and have short horns and two shafts. 

 For the transport of butts, short sledges are used. In many 

 Alpine districts, horse-sledges are provided with a moveable 

 frame (Fig. ls,S). In transporting butts the latter are lixed 

 at their upper ends to the short sledge (Fig. IH'J) by chains 

 and nails, their lower ends sliding on the ground. If the 

 gradient be strep another butt is dragged behind the sledge. 

 The brake consists either of a bundle of iirewood attached 



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to a short chain, or a piece of planking, on which the driver 

 stands. It may be the brake shown in Fig. 1 ( JO, on which 

 also the driver stands. The construction of Wasenmeister's 

 brake is seen from Fig. 11)1. 



Sledging by the help of horses is followed extensively in 

 the Bavarian Alps, where the brakes just described are all 

 in use. 



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Dragging logs by beasts is often impracticable on ordinary 

 roads, on account of the great damage which would ensue. 



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In (iermany the use ot pack-cattle, mules, or ponies for the 

 transport of Iirewood or charcoal-wood, is limited to the Alps, 



