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The cart-body is either dormant or has a tilt. vibram five fingers It is evident that a tilt-cart is superior to the dormant-bodied cart, inasmuch as its load can be at once emptied, which operation in the latter can only be accomplished piecemeal, or by the removal of the horse from the shafts. When the cart-body is movable independently of the shafts, one of two plans is adopted: either that resorted to in the case of the Northampton cart, where the body rests upon the axle and the shafts are fastened directly upon the axle also, or as in the Scotch cart, where the shafts are fastened not to the axle, but to a spindle which passes through the sidepieces of the framework on which the bed is nailed, and through the hinder extremities of the shafts themselves. In this case, when the body tilts, it turns around the cart axle ; vibram fivefingers and as the shafts are attached to the bed in front of the axle, the forward motion of the horse, after the load has fallen, obviously tends to bring the body to its place again, without the assistance of the carter.The mode adopted by Crosskill of attaching the front of the cart to' the shaft is simple and effective. A piece of iron pierced with holes is fixed to the body of the cart; into these a bolt fits, kept in its place by a lever. It is obvious that according to the height of the hole in which the bolt is placed will be the position of the bed of the cart, whether dormant on the shafts or with its bed sloped to any required angle. A second method is that of the Scotch tilt cart. There are two straps of iron, the one* There is a still better plan, viz., to make a portion of the tire flat, and to bevil the rest. The flat part alone rests on the hard road ; the bevilled part comes into bearing on soft ground. So on hard ground friction is diminished; and on soft ground there is less sinking, vibram five fingers kso and less cutting of turf.—Ed.hinged on to the shaft crosspiece, and carrying a holt which fits into the holes pierced in the other, which is fastened to the body of the cart; a collar slips over the two when they are thus bolted together, and holds them so. A third method is that adopted by Messrs. Fowler and Fry in their Newport prize cart. The method and its use are now well known: a bar is hinged to the shaft crosspiece and carries a collar through which the looped iron attached to the cart passes, and is held by the pin in any required position. This plan is very similar to Stratton's tilting apparatus. A fourth method is by means of a rack pinion and small winch, with the rackwork boxed. This plan is expensive and liable to get out of order. Still this five fingers shoes kind of tilt is useful on hilly ground.