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No, 6. — Carro dos Boss, or mountain sled, with canopy, 
Funchal, Madeira. Intended for four persons. 
No. 7. — Passenger wheel-barrow, Amoy, China. Used to 
transport travelers from point to point within the city. The pas- 
senger places one foot against the front cross-bar, allowing the 
other to swing free, and rests one arm on top of the wheel shield. 
No. 8. — Racing chariot. Replica of the type used in Etruria 
in prehistoric times. 
No. 9. — Rolling hogshead, with yoke of oxen and negro 
driver, as used in Virginia in Colonial days to transport tobacco 
from the plantation to the Jamestown and Richmond markets. 
No. lO. — Palanquin for passengers, transported by mules. 
A common mode of conveyance in the Orient. Jerusalem. 
No, 11. — Carreta ox cart, wheels without spokes, made 
by the Indians of the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, with pair of 
oxen yoked according to the Mexican method. 
No. 12. — Mounted specimen of gour ox, used as a draught 
animal in India. 
No. 13. — Red River cart and harnessed ox. The only method 
of transporting goods northwest of St. Paul, Minnesota, previous to 
1871. In the early days oxen only were used, but now ponies have 
displaced them. One pony often draws a load of from 800 to 1,000 
pounds over the prairie. 
No. 14:. — Araba Codja, a country carriage drawn by a pair 
of oxen, Constantinople, Turkey. The gaudy harness and hang- 
ings make this a most picturesque specimen. 
No. 15. — Man Ghurry cart, drawn by man, Surat, India. 
Largely used for transporting goods within the city. 
No. 16. — Pleasure cart for holy-day use, Palermo, Sicily, with 
donkey and ornamented harness. 
No. 17. — Volante, Havana. A carriage in common use on 
the island of Cuba. Drawn by two horses, hitched nearly tandem. 
A postilion rides the leader, and the passenger drives the shaft 
horse. 
No. 18. — Bent and turned wood of all descriptions used in 
wagon building. Various sections of New South Wales, Jamaica, 
and the United States, on wall. 
Case No. 19. — Models of the most important Ceylon carts 
used for freighting, and various Turkish, Hindoo and Burmese 
wagons drawn by bullocks and horses. Also a model of the Amer- 
ican cart used for hauling earth, coal, etc. 
