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CAPE CART 



CH. VI 



Such a cart is the Curricle, the pole of which is 

 suspended from the centre of a bar which rests 

 upon the pads of the harness. A simpler arrange- 

 ment, much used in the English Settlements at the 

 Cape of Good Hope, and therefore called a Cape 

 Cart, has the pole supported by a yoke attached to 

 the lower part of the collars just as the pole of a 



Fig. 62. 



trotting wagon is supported, except that the pole- 

 straps are much longer. With a hook on the point 

 of the pole, or a rope running back to the axle 

 (as described on page 58), four horses can be 

 driven to such a cart, and it is admirably adapted 

 to wild regions where the roads are little more than 

 tracks. 



