TAPPING MARITIME PINES. 



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Another implement, termed rasclet (Fig. 376), has a handle 

 1*80 metres (5 feet 10 inches) long ; it has also a step, and is 

 used sometimes to raise the height of the grooves when above 

 the reach of the workman's abschot. The workman, however, 



Fig. 374. Pelle. 



:173. Abschot. 



frequently stands on the step of the rasclet and uses his 

 curved axe. 



Fig. 377 shows another scraper (pousse), with a handle 

 2 meters 40 centimeters (7 feet 9 inches) long, and used, like 

 the bairawiuitc, for the higher portions 

 of the groove. The pnlot (Fig. 378) 

 resembles the pousse, but its handle is 

 only 90 centimeters (1 yard) long; it 

 replaces the pdle, when the Hugues' 

 method is adopted, and may be employed 

 also as a dibble for sowing acorns or 

 pine seeds. 



The resin-tapper also uses a kind of 

 ladder (Fig. 381) made of a small pine, Fjg ~ 5> _ Barrasquite . 

 into which steps are cut 30 centimeters 

 (1 foot) apart. Each step is strengthened by a nail to pre- 

 vent breakage. Considerable practice is required for 'a man 

 to remain perched on this ladder whilst using the abschote 

 with both hands. 



The spatula (Fig. 379) is used for scraping off the resin 

 which adheres to the pots, or to the cscouarte. 



