stackyFACTSBoats don't always need motors if you have a very sad animal walking next to the river. Narrow dirt paths run parallel to massive canals strictly so heavy draft horses can wear thick harnesses and drag colossal, floating wooden barges along the waterway at an agonizingly slow walking pace.
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