OF THE COUNTY OF TYRONE. 49 



To a perfon, accuftomed to wheel-cars, the flide 

 ones, at firft view, muft appear aukward, which, in- 

 deed, was the cafe with myfelf fome years ago ; but 

 now I am thoroughly convinced of their great utility 

 in mountainy fitoations. Even in countries not over 

 mountainous, I am not altogether clear, but the flide- 

 car mould have the preference. It is amazing to find 

 with what celerity a fmall horfe, worth about forty 

 millings, with one of thofe fimple vehicles, will get 

 through fo much bufmefs in a feafon, in drawing ma- 

 nure, turf, limeftone, &c. In deep hills, rough, un- 

 even, and fwampy fituations, the flide-car may be 

 ufed, where the other could have no chance to fuc- 

 ceed. The average expence of a wheel-car, with wear 

 and tear, may be about a guinea a year, whereas that 

 of the other may not exceed half a crown. 



The reader, who may not be acquainted with the 

 flide-car, even by the name, may conceive fome idea of 

 it from the following flcetch. 



The body, from a, to a, is ufually the length of that 



of a wheel-car, according to the fize of the beaft ; the 



fame may be underflood of the breadth. The body is 



E made 



