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ment is thin and sharp, so that the shaving of pai'ing the surface, be applied at the angle 

 can bend to the tool, tlie wood will not split ; a (fig. 6), which is a much less convenient and 



Fig. 7. Scotch Pruning Axe. Fig. 8. Carrick's Felling Ax.. 



it will be cut. In paring tools, one face of 

 the wedge or tool is nearly parallel with the 



Fig. ij;. Sorby's Felling Axe. 



effective position than {b) that of the side 

 hatchet with only one chamfer ; but for par- 



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Fig 9 Cirri k s In p r 

 telling Axe. 



D Cxruks light 

 !• elling Axe. 



face of the work. In tools ground with only 

 one chamfer this position not only assists in 



affiiasitfi 



giving direction to the tool, but also places 

 the strongest line of the tool in the line of re- 



Fig. 14. Connmon English Axe. 



ing a large or a nearly horizontal surface, the 

 side hatchet is inferior to the''Adze c. The 

 most approved forms of the Axe are those of 

 which figures are given. They vary in weight 

 from 4 lb. to 8 lb. 



In Vol. ix. of Loudon's Gardeners' Magazine, 

 a description is given of a Battering Axe 

 (fig. 15) for felling timber, the invention of 

 Mr Mallet of Dublin. The inventor, in pre- 



Fig. 15- 1 



sistance, or of the work to be done. Thus 

 the Axe with two bevils a (fig. 6), which is in- 



attering Axe. 



fixing the description of it says, " It has 

 often appeared strange to me that the idea of 

 the battering ram has never, at least to my 

 knowledge, been applied to the felling of tim- 

 ber. When timber is felled for the pur- 

 pose of clearing, little more than mere strength 

 and endurance are required ; and the accumu- 

 lation of the former, obtainable by means of 

 the Battering Axe would be very great. It 

 tended for hewing and splitting, and not for could be readily procured in places where the 

 cutting, must, when required for the purpose saws for this purpose could not be obtained. 



