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LAND-TIIAXSPORT. 



at the end of horizontal rods to which it is fastened by phites 

 and bolts, so that the wheels of the truck may pass freely over 



it (fig. 200). The iron rod of the truck supporting the log is 

 also bent outwards (fig. 201). 



Single wire-tramwavs have been constructed in the Salzkam- 



Fio. 201. 



mergut, in Carinthia, and other places on the southern declivity 

 of the Alps. 



[In India, wire-tramways have not, liitlierto, been successfully 

 introduced for the transport of timber, Imt are used in hill-stutions 

 in the Himalayas and Assam for conveying potatoes or sewage refuse 

 down-hill.— Tr.] 



