THE DOG. 
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^'equently overturned, or altogether stopped, 
the driver did not repeatedly get ofF, and, by 
ting or drawing it to one side, steer clear 
these accidents. At all times, indeed, ex- 
‘^^pt on a smooth and well-made road, he is 
pretty constantly employed thus with his feet, 
^hich, together with his never-ceasing vocife- 
’^ntions and frequent use of the whip, renders 
n driving of one of these vehicles by no 
a pleasant or easy task. When the 
‘ ^'ishes to stop the sledge, he calls out 
n, woa !’ exactly as our carters do, but the 
attention to this command depends altoge- 
. nn his ability to enforce it. If the weight 
®niallj and the journey homeward, the dogs 
to be delayed : the driver is, therefore, 
ngnd to dig his heels into the snow to ob- 
®fruct their progress, and, having thus suc- 
i^^eded in stopping them, he stands up, with 
sl^d th® foremost cross-piece of the 
tillj by means of laying his whip gently 
II. n 
