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Photos by Gilbert H. Grosvenor 



TWO ILI^USTRATIONS OF THE; UNIQUE TYPE; O^ CART USED THROUGHOUT RUSSIA 



These carts carry about 1,100 pounds each, and are so built that the}^ will negotiate the 

 muddiest roads. The upper picture (in the old fortress at Nizhni-Novgorod) shows the 

 manner in which the cart may be tilted and easily emptied. The lower picture depicts the 

 peculiar and universal Russian yoke. 



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