Show ANCESTOR OF 1 VICTORIA the cart in the a type sull in use amone the poor ut mexico neither nails bolts nor metal of any description crip tion Is employed in ite each pan belne mortised morti sed and held in place by rawhide in teas anil twisted ae to have the strength of iron banda the bed of the caracta Is made of dpn of wood a a solid bed of the necessary thickness with wheels of solid oak W inches in ence by six in thickness woold make the vehicle too heavy when needed cover abe open work of the bed the pole anne the entire length 0 the cart the hubs are one with the the whole fashioned from circular slices ol 01 oak or trees the animals which usually it Is no uncommon ight in mexico today to see an ox on one buu the pole and a cloukey ilo one third his eize on the other are by means of abe stick the front of abe cart the carreta in the illustration ie reputed to old 1 Is be more than years credible considering the dry atmosphere in which U ha soctt its dare it recently made t journey ot more than a hondred ballta wind in areat storm at laty to seventy an hour about feet a minute and czerta a force up to twenty tour pounds to the square foot |