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FELLlNd AND C0NVKH8I0N. 



(/3) Sledging-tracks. — Wherever slecl^'es are used for the 

 removal of wood, a serviceable track must be made, which 

 differs according,' as the sledging is doue in summer or winter. 



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For winter-sledging on i'.iirly level frozen ground slightly covered 

 ith snow, a path is soon got ready after removing a few 

 olstarli s. On slopes, the case 

 is similar, provided there are no 

 holes, ravines or slight emi- 

 nences in the way. liaviues and 

 holes may be filled with branches 

 or faggots, or billets of firewood 

 may be piled up in them till they 

 are filled. 



The track is then covered with 

 snow, over which the sledge 

 passes ; this may bo neces- 

 sary where the wind has blowu 

 away the snow, whilst in other 

 cases, it may liave drifted too 

 deeply, and part of it require 

 removal. In many districts, 

 woodcutters show considerable ingenuity in constructing tem- 

 porary sledge-roads. Once the rest of the wood has been 



t sledge. 



* In tliis slcdgt', the loml rests distinctly on tliu iiimuis, and its construction 

 is very sinii)lf. 



t In the short sledge (lig. 1-17) firewood is idiiced hetween the vertical arms 

 and tic shaft (a). 



