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paste, and lowered down the prepared joint, and afterwards 

 filled up with cement, which is rammed down solid whilst soft 

 into the dovetailed opening; the ramming causes the bag to 

 project a little on the face of the work, as shown by Fig. 67. 



In the case of wider joints, which are also trimmed and 

 dovetailed, larger bags are inserted. To prevent the bag spread- 



SMch shewing method of Stopping 

 or Canlking Small Joints 



Sketch sheiirin's method of Stopping 

 or Canlking Large Joints 



FIG. 68. 



ing out in front, a plank is fixed in front of the joint. This 

 plank is held in position by a bar passed through lewised eye- 

 bolts, fixed in the face of the work (Fig. 68). 



For still larger joints, up to as much as 2 feet wide, the 

 sides are dressed down and dovetailed as before. Small bags 

 of neat cement are then stacked on top of each other and 

 rammed tight, so as to fill up the dovetailed space and joints 

 between the bags. 



