50 STATISTICAL SURVEY 



made of oak, alder, birch, or any othfer wood which 

 may be convenient. The rungs, if, b, b, b t are generally 

 oak or hazel. The car is commonly ufed for fome 

 time before the foot is applied, and, upon the applica- 

 tion of which, the fide of the car is thus reprefented. 



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When the {haft of the car is raifed to a y (the fup- 

 pofed height when the beaft is yoked), the fpace c t d, 

 will be found horizontal, or at leaft it will take that 

 direction, when the car has been fome time at work. 

 In drawing over hard foils, the feet foon wear out, 

 aud muft be frequently replaced. The ftraps or belts 

 e t f t are fometimes of iron, but moft commonly gads, 

 made of hazel or fallow. 



Spade and Shovel. Some years ago, fcarcc a good 

 fpude was to be found ; at prefent it is quite other- 

 wife, as every town of note is plentifully fupplied with 

 that article from Dublin and other parts. The (hovel 

 is the common one, peculiar to every part of the king- 

 dom, which, for ditching and draining, is certainly the 

 belt. 



A mill, for manufacturing fpades and /hovels, has 

 been lately eitublifhed at Fintona, by Mr. Hugh Kelly 



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