. The science of railways . An ice boat on Loch Cobbinshaw. CARRIAGE IN BRITISH ISLES. 447. Man-of-war, sixteeuth century. PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE IN RUSSIA AND SIBERIA. In all highly civilized countries under stableand well administered governments like that ofRussia, primitive forms of carriage are not gen-erally found except inthe nooks and cornersof the country, so tospeak. Russia, however,covers so vast a terri-tory, much of which hasonly recently been subjected to civilizing in-fluences, that her meth-ods of carriage embracean unusual variety offorms. Every country,however, has some pre-domin

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. The science of railways . An ice boat on Loch Cobbinshaw. CARRIAGE IN BRITISH ISLES. 447. Man-of-war, sixteeuth century. PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE IN RUSSIA AND SIBERIA. In all highly civilized countries under stableand well administered governments like that ofRussia, primitive forms of carriage are not gen-erally found except inthe nooks and cornersof the country, so tospeak. Russia, however,covers so vast a terri-tory, much of which hasonly recently been subjected to civilizing in-fluences, that her meth-ods of carriage embracean unusual variety offorms. Every country,however, has some pre-dominating idea. Thisis so of Russia. It isthe sledge. The longwinters and superabun-dance of snow makethis a means of carriage par excellence. Thegreat rivers of Russia have, however, always beenfavorite avenues of communication and railroads are actively encouraged, the (448)

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