When a fault of this type appears on the path of the two men which they cannot cross by spanning it with a simple stride, they lay out their sledges sideways (when they are long enough), secure them in one way or another and cross the obstacle by walking on them. Sometimes they hold firm, sometimes the sledges turn turtle in the little ravine, throwing off the man who is above the water...
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