[Illustration:  Fig. l; Barrel Stave Sled]

[Illustration:  Chair Sleigh]

No bought sled will equal it for coasting and it is also just the thing for carrying loads of snow for building snow houses.  The method of its construction is so simple that no other description is needed than the picture.  You can make a chair-sleigh out of this by fitting a chair on the cross board instead of the long top board or it will be still stronger if the top board is allowed to remain, and then you will have a device that can readily again be transformed into a coasting sled.  In making the chair-sleigh it is necessary, in order to hold the chair in place, to nail four L-shaped blocks on the cross boards, one for each leg of the chair.  Skating along over the ice and pushing the chair in front of him the proud possessor of a chair-sleigh may take his mother, grown sister or lady friend with him on his outings, and permit her to ride in the chair.

** Folding Chair Sleigh [384]

[Illustration:  Fig. 2-Folding Chair Sleigh Bottom ]

[Illustration:  Fig. 3-Folding Chair Sleigh-Top Parts Disconnected]

[Illustration:  Fig. 4-Folding Chair Sleigh Open]

A folding chair sleigh is even more enjoyable and convenient than the device just described.  If the ice pond is far from home this may be placed under your arm and carried where you like.

The illustrations, Figs. 2 and 3, show all the parts as they should look before

[Illustration:  Fig. 6-Folding Chair Sleigh Closed]

being joined together.  The seat may be made of a piece of canvas or carpet.  The hinges are of leather.  Figure 4 shows the folding chair sleigh after it has been put together.  Skates are employed for the runners.  The skates may be strapped on or taken off whenever desired.  When the chair is lifted the supports slip from the notches on the side bars and fall on the runner bars.  The chair is then folded up so that it can be carried by a small boy.  With regular metal hinges and light timbers a very handsome chair can be constructed that will also afford an ornamental lawn chair for summer.

** The Toboggan Sled [384]

When the snow is very deep a toboggan sled is the thing for real sport.  The runners of the ordinary sled break through the crust of the deep snow, blocking the progress, and spoiling the fun.  The toboggan sled, with its broad, smooth bottom, glides along over the soft surface with perfect ease.

To make the toboggan sled, secure two boards each 10 ft. long and 1 ft. wide and so thin that they can be easily bent.  Place the boards beside each other and join them together with cross sticks.  Screw the boards to the cross stick from the bottom and be sure that the heads of the screws are buried deep enough in the wood to not protrude, so

[Illustration:  Fig. 6-The Toboggan]