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OLD WEST SURREY 



The timber-waggon, with its massive wheels and strong 

 body, has changed but little. Its solidly-framed, horizontal 

 transoms that carry the timber, rise a few inches above the 

 top of the wheels ; and, as will be seen by the picture, the 



Tool for Cutting Hkath-Turf 



hind-wheels with their transom can be slid back along the 

 pole to accommodate the length of timber to be loaded. The 

 wheels are very broad, for it has to go into the soft ground 

 of the woodlands, often through unmetalled lanes, or the deep 

 sandy tracks of rough heathy places. 



