How the world travels . 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. A HAPPY PARTY IN AUSTRALIA. drawn by one or more horses and the harness ishung with little bells. 94 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS We most of us think of Australia as a verywarm, almost a tropical land, and it is quite a sur-prise to learn that even our cousins DownUnder can sometimes enjoy real winter sp
How the world travels . 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. A HAPPY PARTY IN AUSTRALIA. drawn by one or more horses and the harness ishung with little bells. 94 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS We most of us think of Australia as a verywarm, almost a tropical land, and it is quite a sur-prise to learn that even our cousins DownUnder can sometimes enjoy real winter illustration, however, shows us that this isthe case, for here we see a picture of a sledge atKosciusko, New South Wales, taken, perhaps, onsome cold June mid-winter day. Kosciusko issituated in one of the mountainous districts ofAustralia, and there ice and snow—as we see inthe picture—are by no means unknown. Thissledge is low on the ground with two seats, onebehind the other, and it is drawn by a pair ofsturdy ponies. CHAPTER X STRANGE TRAVEL IN STRANGE LANDS WE have been to many countries and haveseen many modes of travel, but there arestill places, scattered over the globe,which have not been visited and yet which havestrange and interesting vehicles of their us imag
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