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constructed "jumper," will serve as a guide to any one 

 who wishes to provide himself a light sleigh at a trifling 

 cost. Two hickory poles, for the runners, are dressed 

 down, and the small ends bent to the proper curve and 

 fastened until they will retain the bent shape. The posts 

 are mortised into these runners and the bench pieces, 

 which latter are firmly fastened together^with bolts. The 

 braces and their positions are shown in the engravings. 



Fig. 42. A JUMPER. 



Fig. 43. BEAR VIEW OF JUMPER. 



A floor is laid upon the bench pieces, and extends beyond 

 the sides of the -box or body. The box may be plain or 

 ornamented in various ways. The one shown in the en- 

 graving has the sides and back flaring. The shafts are 

 fastened to the curved end of the runners with eye-bolts. 



A SUBSTANTIAL SLED. 



Figure 44 shows a sled which is principally used 

 in the pineries of Michigan, where a single team will 

 draw on it from two to five thousand feet of lumber in 

 the log. Special roads are kept open to accommodate 

 these broad-track sleds, and when a load of a dozen or 



