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boundary logs one above the other, in order to prevent the 

 sliding logs from leaving the slide. In mountain-regions 

 transport on road- slides deserves more attention than has 

 hitherto been bestowed on it; it wastes no wood, is very 

 expeditious, for with a length of 2,000 meters (1J miles), 100 

 to 300 logs may be brought down in a day, and the roadway 

 may be used also for sledges. Sliding on roads is therefore a 

 highly practical method where cart-traffic is impossible. 



Fig. 2<>C>. Change of direction in Japanese slide. From a .lap. State publication. 



Eoad-slides are now used in Austria, Galicia, the Carpathian 

 mountains, and in the Salzkammergut. In Hohenashau, 

 in the Bavarian Alps, the ordinary sledge-roads are used in 

 winters without much snowfall for sliding 8-meter logs. They 

 are also used in Franconia, but there only on snow or ice, 

 the transport being chiefly confined to butts for saw-mills. 



4. Mode of Transport on Timber-slides. 



The mode of transport of wood on slides is very simple, and 

 depends on the construction and purpose of the slides. Besides 

 launching the logs the requisite labour-force is employed on 

 the maintenance of the slides. 



