pulkha

But the courageous little Britta made short work of all these difficulties -- she could drive a _pulkha_, -- she knew how to manage reindeer, -- she entertained not the slightest doubt of being able to overcome all the obstacles on the way.

Thelma Marie Corelli 1889

The capabilities of the carriole would be exhausted as soon as the snow-covered regions were reached -- and to manage a _pulkha_ successfully, required special skill of no ordinary kind.

Thelma Marie Corelli 1889

Snow lay heavily over all the country he would have to traverse -- the only means of conveyance was by carriole or _pulkha_ -- the latter a sort of sledge used by the

Thelma Marie Corelli 1889

He had never realized to its full extent her strong, indomitable, devoted character, till he saw her hour after hour seated beside him in the _pulkha_, her hands tightly gripping the reins of the horned animals, whose ways she understood and perfectly controlled, -- her bright, bird-like eyes fixed with watchful eagerness on the bewildering white landscape that opened out incessantly before her.

Thelma Marie Corelli 1889