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282] WAG that might be more profitably em- ployed in tillage. The same obser- vation is applicable to the common road or stage-waggons : these usu- ally -weigh about 2i^ tons, and are drawn by 8, 10, or more horses, according to the distance to which they travel. Now, a single horse of a moderate size will, in a well- constructed vehicle, and on tolera- ble roads, draw 30 cwt. with ease, independently of the weight occa- sioned by the cart ; and it will per- form this task for a scries of days, monilis, and even years. But, if WAG the common waggons wcreladt-n ac- cording to such draught, they ought to carry from 20 to 40 tons ; a weight exceeding their strengtli, and incompatible with their mode of construdion. The superiority of small carriages being too evident to require any farther demonstra- tion, we slial) subjoin a table, exhi- biting the load which wagc,ons and carts are, by a£t of parliament, permitted to draw on the turnpike- roads ; and which includes boili the whole incumbent load, and the vehicle itself. Waggons, with wheels not exceeding 1 9 inches, - - / Ditto, with wheels not exceeding 6 "1 inches, ~ " / Ditto, with wheels not exceeding 3 1 - inches, - - j Carts, with wheels not exceeding g 1 inches, - -J Ditto, with wheels not exceeding 6 inches, " ' J Ditto, with wheels not exceeding 3 1 inches, - - -J Summer Weight. Winter Weighu torn, cxct, qrt. lout. c%ul. qts. 600 5 10 O 4 5 3 10 O 3 2 12 1 10 3 15 3 2 15 O 270 170 Oui: limits not admitting a far- ther disquisition, we request those readers, who wish to obtain addi- tional information on this subject, to consult Dr. Anderson's "Dis- sertation on the Means of Con- struviing If-'aggons, and other Car- riages employed for the Purposes of Agriculture ;" zn ingenious essay, which is inserted in the 4th vol. of his " Recreations in Agriculture" &c. — See also the article Cart. WAGTAIL, or Motaalla, L. a genus of native birds, consisting of two species, namely : 1. The alba, or White Wagtail, frequents the sides of ponds and rivulets: its bead, back^ and neck. are black ) tlie breast and belly white ; its long tail being always in motion. 2. I'he Jlava, or Yellow Wag- tail, continues in Hampshire tor the greater part of the year j and migrates also to the northern partes of Britain, — The male of this spe- cies is a bird of exquisite beauty : its breast, belly, thighs, and vent- feathers, being of a very bright yellow ; the throat is marked wilJi large black spots ; tl.e head, and upper surface of the body, are of an olive-green j and the tail is partly while and bljck. These birds construft their nests on theground^in corn-fields j where