It probley was a treadle  instead of a wheel

Edie Bain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:That must have been some hamster!

Samira
  Besides being kept for rescue work, the St. Bernard was used as a 
  turnspit dog.  The monks at the Hospice needed to feed the travelers 
  going through the pass.  In the Early 18th century, the monks started 
  using the St Bernard dog in a "hamster" wheel to turn the cooking 
  spit.  

  <http://www.nmbe.ch/deutsch/531_5_1_5.html>

  Rachel


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