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No. 8. — Carro dos Boss, Or mountain sled, with canopy, 
Funchal, Madeira. Intended for four persons. 
No. 0.— 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. lO.— Racing chariot. Replica of the type used in 
Etruria. 
No. 11.— 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. 12.— Palanquin for passengers, transported by mules. 
A common mode of conveyance in the Orient. Jerusalem. 
No. 13. — 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. 14. — Gour ox, used as a draught animal in India. 
No. 15. — 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. 16. — 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. 17.— Gharry, drawn by man, Surat, India. Largely 
used for transporting goods within the city. 
No. 18. — Pleasure cart for holy-day use, Palermo, Sicily, 
with donkey and ornamented harness.. 
No. 19. — Volante, a carriage in common use in Cuba. Drawn 
by two horses. A postilion rides the leader, and the passenger 
drives the shaft horse. 
No. 20. — Bent and turned wood of all descriptions used in 
wagon building, from various sections of New South Wales, 
Jamaica, and the United States, on wall. 
Case No. 21. — Models of Ceylon carts used for freighting, 
and Turkish, Hindoo and Burmese wagons drawn by bullocks 
and horses. Model of an American cart. 
