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cases it is better to run across by han more 



.;ct after the road supervise 



An engineer wants a sufficient amount of "sa: 



but he don't want it in the road. cr, you will 



find it tin-re and it IN the meanest road you will have 



to travel. A bad sand road requires considerable 



slight of hand on the part of the engineer if he wishef 



to pull much of a load through it. You will find it to 



your advantage to keep your engine as straigl 



possible, as you arc not so liable to start one wheel to 



sooner than the other. Never attempt to 



-le" through a sand bar, and don't try to hurry 



through; be 1 with going sl< t so you are 



going. An engine will stand a certain speed through 



d the moment you attempt to increase 



>u break its footing, and then you are gone. 



ie of tli is kind a few bundles of hay is about 



est thing you can use under your drivers in order 



<-t started again. But don't lose your temper; it 



the sand any. 



o doubt the reader wonders why I have said 



nothing about compound engines. D in the first 



not necessary to assist you in your work, 



and ran handle the single cylinder engine, you 



can handle the compound. 



