WEST DEVONSHIRE. m 



joined together with crofs bars. It is 

 large, Urong, and ufeful,on manyoc'cafions, 



IV. The **GURRY-BUTT,"or DUNG 



SLEDGE, of Devonfhire, is a fort of Aiding 

 cart, or barrow j ufually of a fjze proper 

 to be drawn by one horfe : fometimes it is 

 made larger j I have feen four oxen draw- 

 ing compoft upon a faHow, in one of thefe 

 little Implements ; which might, any- 

 where, hi: made ufeful, on many occafions ; 

 /sfoecially in moving earth, ftones, rubbilli, 

 or manure, a fmall diftance. The fides 

 and ends are about eighteen inchtts high, 

 and are fixed J the load being difcharged 

 by overturning the carriage. 



V. The FURNITURE OF PACK 

 HORSES varies with the load to be car- 

 ried. Hay, corn, ftraw, faggots, and other 

 comparatively light articles of burden, are 

 loaded between '• crooks;" formed of 

 Willow poles, about the thicknefs of fithe 

 handles; and feven or eight feet lotig; 

 bent as Ox bows ; but v/ith one end much 

 bnger than the other. Thefe are joined 



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