WOODEN GAG. 



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one I use is made out of a block of hard wood, 

 5 inches long and 2 inches square, which is made 

 octagonal by planing off the corners. Lately, I 

 have had this gag made with a semicircular 

 groove, about a third of an inch broad, running 



Fig. 36. Wooden gag. 



down the centre of each face of the octagonal, in 

 order to make it more "punishing." A hole is 

 bored, down the centre, for a chain which is 

 attached to the head-stall. I use leather guards 

 on each side to prevent the animal from getting 



