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From the circumstance just noticed, we 

 isee distinctly the advantage of a clean 

 Stem; and, in part, the disadvantages of 

 the reverse ; vrhich may be further eluci- 



as must be the case, less or more, under the present 

 practice. Indeed, this method would frequently occa- 

 sion two other savings ; as such, from their strength, 

 might often be made lighter than the others, — this 

 "would reduce the expence of carriage; an item alone, 

 in the case of ship- timber, that is sometimes equal to 

 the first cost. 



We have ttied oak, ash, and larch, and find that 

 •with but little boiling, they easily bend to any given 

 curve; and fix in it, as they cool. 



Perhaps it may not be generally known that boiling 

 seasons timber effectually. 1 have always hoard such 

 was the fact, and the following circumstance seems 

 to prove it. When building a mill, about fourteen 

 years ago, an oak, of about nine incites scantling, 

 which had stood in the ground, intended for the re- 

 servoir, was cut down and left there^ to take the be- 

 nefit of Watering ; where it remained upwards of five 

 years. It was then taken out, and directly cut up, 

 and boiled, for the purpose of cogging an iron wheel, 

 which had previously required a new set every year. — 

 Not more than four or five of the number, (sixty-four,) 



