106 SNOW AND SLEIGH RIDES.

 

have a great many different contri-
vances for taking a sleigh ride. The
inhabitants of Siberia, make. a sleigh
something like ours, only it is built
more rude and clumsy. It is called a
sledge, I believe. The Siberians have
to wrap themselves up carefully in furs,
when they take their sleigh rides; for
the weather is extremely cold there.
Often, when they are sitting in the
sledge, the cold will cause the water to
run from their eyes, and the water will
freeze, as it flows, and so it will hang
in icicles on the eyelashes. The peo-
ple there often wear long beards;