A Bateau Train for the passage of riversabout 1000 or 1200 feet wide, consists of*
Number of
Carriages.
Horses to
each.
Total of
Bateaux.
60
Carriages for ditto ....
60
10
600
Ditto, spare.
6
4
24
Small row boats f . . . .
6
Carriages for ditto ....
6
6
36
Ditto, spare.
1
4
4
Waggons for engines, cordage,}
spare wheels, spars, iron work, >
30
4
120
&c. &c.3
Ditto for tools, &c.
2
4
8
Ditto for soldering stores . .
4
4
16
Ditto for beams and flooring
190
4
760
Forge waggons.
2
4
8
367
1576
These boats are usually placed at the distanceof from 16 to 20 feet from centre to centre, andthe bridge should be constructed in one day.
I am induced to dwell, considerably, on the
* According to the Aide Memoire.
t Light row-boats should be provided in a greater propor-tion than this: their great utility will be seen in the instancescited at the end of this section.