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ing one end of a stone, so that a chain can be passed around it, 

 when one end of it is in the ground. It is very convenient in a 

 quarry, for hitching a team to a corner of a large stone, when it 



FIG. 72. FIG. 73. 



A GRAPPLE HOOK IIITCHKD TO A LAUGE 

 BOWLDER. 



A WINDLASS FOE LOADING STONE ON A 

 WAGON. 



is desirable to slide it a little. "With three or four such hooks, a 

 stone may be slung up, when it would be very inconvenient get 

 ting a chain round it. 



209. The grapple hook should be made of about the same 

 curvature as the iron part of the canthook, Fig. 71, with a link 

 and ring in one end, as shown in Fig. 72, for the purpose of 

 hitching a chain to when in use. It should be made from eight 

 een to twenty-four inches long, of the best iron, with the point of 

 the hook laid with steel. The hook should be large enough to 

 retain its shape without bending, even when two teams may be 

 hitched to it. At the hook- end, where it is exposed to the great 

 est strain, it should be about three-fourths of an inch thick and 

 two inches wide. The other parts need not be half as heavy 

 as this. 



210. Fig. 73 shows a portion of a platform to a wagon or 

 sleigh, with a windlass attached to the hind end, for the pur 

 pose of loading stone which would weigh from one hundred 

 to three or four hundred pounds. One man can roll a stone, 

 which three or four men cannot lift, on the wagon ; and by 

 having a windlass on the hind end of the wagon, one man 

 can raise a large stone on the wagon in one minute ? with 

 ease. In loading a stone, the fore end of tlje platform should 



