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in a position to fix the goat to the tether and to release her 

 at night with the least possible trouble. If a second 

 toggle is suitably fastened in the goat's stall or stable, 

 she may easily be fixed there for the night. Such a tether 

 may be made for is., with a special swivel. The fre- 

 quent drawing and driving of the peg may be avoided to 

 a great extent in the following way : Procure another piece 

 of rope, fix another toggle to one end of this, and tie, say, 

 six rings into the rope, as shown in Fig. 23. Pass the 

 toggle T through ring i, and toggle T 2 through the ring 



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Fig. 23. Goat-Tether and Extra Rope. 



on the collar. Now, instead of moving the peg, all you 

 have to do is to take toggle T out of ring i and pass 

 through ring 2, and so on, a matter %ny child can attend 

 to. The distance between the rings should be less and 

 less as the rope increases in length (thus, the distance 

 between 6 and 5 will be less than that between 2 and i), 

 otherwise the goat will get a larger bite as the rope increases 

 in length, the circle being greater. Those who wish to 

 get one of theae tethers ready-made can obtain it from 

 Peter Redfern, Caldecote, near Cambridge. The price is 

 is. for the tether proper (postage 4d., or 5d. on two); 

 extra toggles, 2d. each. The rope and ring extension 



