CHAPTER XVIII. 



SLEIGHING. 



MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C. TEESDALE, V.C. 



To arrive at the origin of 

 sleighing it would probably 

 be necessary to arrive at 

 the origin of man. As 

 soon as man had invented 

 some sort of rope and had 

 seen snow, so soon must 

 he have learned that to 

 drag weights over a smooth 

 and slippery surface in- 



