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the cattle) comes a piece of wood with one hook 

 at each end of it, and with one in the middle : 

 the middle hook Is to fasten it to the head-piece, 

 and the two hooks at the ends are to receive a 

 hook from the middle of two other pieces of 

 wood, which two pieces of wood are made in the 

 same manner as the first piece, and have a hook 

 at each end to receive the hook that is at the end 

 of each of the traces of the cattle. These two last 

 pieces of wood are called by all manner of names ; 

 by a name which differs in almost every comity in 

 the kingdom. In Hampshire they are called 

 wMjjple-trees, that is to say in the north, for this 

 name does not hold good in the south^; in Surrey 

 they are called whipponses; in Long Island 

 they are called ivhiffle-trees ', in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk, by names that I cannot recollect. 



114. These mechanical descriptions are very 

 difficult work, unless you resort to the graving 

 tool, v/hich 1 do not think necessary in a case 

 like this, and yet I must show how the bruising 

 and beating the corn-plants about by this tackle 

 may be avoided. Let us resume then ; first 

 comes the head-piece of the plough, to that is 

 hooked the first mentioned piece of wood, which 

 is called the bolt; to this are hooked the two 

 pieces of wood, which are called the whip- 

 ponses ; these are hooked to the two ends of the 

 bolt 5 and then to the two ends of each of these 



