THE TIMBER DRAG. 195 



As they went along the narrow shady lane 

 leading to the wood, they met a timber-truck, 

 with three horses, conveying a pretty large 

 tree in a way that had not occurred to the 

 wisest of them. The heaviest end was chained 

 up between two great wheels, whilst the other 

 end trailed along the ground, and thus pro- 

 ceeded. They were obliged to stand up close 

 to the hedge, as this passed by them. 



^' That," I remarked, is called a timber- 

 dragy or, in some places, a whim. You saw 

 how the tree was slung to the axle of that ma- 

 chine, by strong iron chains, which passed round 

 it several times. That sort of carriage is not 

 employed to convey them to any great dis- 

 tance, but generally to take them out of the 

 way, to some more convenient place, either 

 for lying or for being loaded." 



We came to the tree itself, just in time to 



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