How the world travels . aheavy snowstorm. It was early morning when they started, andthe road was a very lonely one. They had notgone far when six large wolves were seen, andalthough these animals were frightened away bya handful of burning hay being flung among them—for wolves cannot bear the sight of fire—theysoon returned. Others joined them, and beforelong the sledge was tearing across the snow witha whole pack in close pursuit. The horses wereterrified and the position seemed a hopeless one,but fortunately the travellers were armed, andwhen they had managed to shoot four of thewolves the
How the world travels . aheavy snowstorm. It was early morning when they started, andthe road was a very lonely one. They had notgone far when six large wolves were seen, andalthough these animals were frightened away bya handful of burning hay being flung among them—for wolves cannot bear the sight of fire—theysoon returned. Others joined them, and beforelong the sledge was tearing across the snow witha whole pack in close pursuit. The horses wereterrified and the position seemed a hopeless one,but fortunately the travellers were armed, andwhen they had managed to shoot four of thewolves the others dispersed. Sledges are also used in Austria, Germany, andHolland, and in many museums quaint old Dutchsledges can be seen, shaped like armchairs andrichly gilded and painted. These dainty sleds were pushed, not drawn, andin them the fair-haired Dutch maidens of former 92 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS days were taken for merry excursions by theirbrothers and boy friends along the smooth high-ways of the frozen ENGLISH SLEDGE. In England the winters are very seldom coldenough for sledging to be indulged in, but still itis not entirely unknown. An English sledge is, THROUGH ICE AND SNOW 93 as a rule, more lightly built than those of othercountries and is higher from the ground. It is
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