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A— Small bucket. B — Large bucket. C — Staves. D — Iron hoops. E — Iron 

 STRAPS. F — Iron straps on the bottom. G — Hafts. H — Iron bale. I — Hook of 

 drawing-rope. K— Basket. L— Hide bucket or sack. 



That which we call a cisium^ is a vehicle with one wheel, not with 

 two, such as horses draw. When filled with excavated material it is pushed 



^Cisium. A two-wheeled cart. In the preface Agricola gives this as an example of 

 his intended adaptations. See p. xxxi. 



