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log rolls up the inclined plane and comes to rest on the 

 transoms. 



Unless the trees are very large, two will lie side by side, 

 and often a third on the top. There is a hole at each end 

 of the transom in which a short iron can be fixed vertically 

 to stop the tendency to roll outward when the load is of 

 longer, thinner trees, such as larch, or spruce, or Scotch fir. 

 The chains <ro round the whole load and are strained tisfht 



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with bars. When loaded it will be seen that the two parts 

 of the timber-carriage are fixed together, not by the pole, 

 which is quite loose, but by the rigid load. 



A lifetime of driving about in country places teaches one 

 to drive very carefully in passing the tails of some loads. 

 The long load of slender larches is one of these ; the extreme 

 end sways about in a way that it is well to beware of. So 

 is also a builder's load of long ladders, and the jumping ends 

 of flooring boards, burdens that also, if the pace is smart and 



