Toboggan

a long narrow sled made usually of a single board turned up like the runner of a skate at the front end. The name is derived from the American Indians. Toboggans were first used by the Canadians to drag peltry and camp supplies over the snow. Sliding down hill on a toboggan, or tobogganing, as it has been called, has become a favorite sport in Canada and the colder parts of the United States. A well made toboggan carries from two to five persons crouching one behind another. Tobogganing has been introduced in the Engadine, Switzerland, as a winter sport for tourists. A slide at the head of a canon descends 600 feet in three-quarters of a mile. The run, including a final turn up a little hill at the foot, has been made in fifty-nine seconds. See Ski