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yond the outfides of the flandards, and from each 

 end of the chain^ made to let out or take up at 

 pleafure, to each end of the pillar : this kept the 

 rake even and fteady. To my great fatisfaclion, 

 I found it fucceed even beyond my expedation; 

 for by means of this breafl-work, it could, like the 

 'Norfolk plough, be inftantly fet up or let down to 

 the greateft degree of nicety; fo that any flubble, 

 whether cut high or low, whether very full of grafs 

 or clover, or quite clean, might be raked by it with 

 equal facility; for the teeth being made very much 

 curved, the lower part of the back of the teeth 

 reds upon the ground, and the points ftand out of 

 it. The weiglit of the rake prefles the teeth clofe 

 to the ground, and the corn is gathered into the 

 throat of the rake, without digging up the weeds 

 or the foil. The teeth are made fufficiently flrong 

 <o prevent their bending. I have found a rake of 

 the length above-mentioned very manageable; whe- 

 ther it would do better if made longer muft be left 

 to future experiments. I was determined to this 

 length by the breadth of our gate- ways, being juft 

 enough to admit it through them without taking 

 it to pieces, 



For perfons who want to remove it to a diflant 

 part, two fmall wheels might be added, to put on 



occafionally 



