STRETCHERS AND PELTING-POLE. 2J 



inch thick. Starting two inches from the end 

 on the corners give one end an oval round, 

 and slope from the edge to the center on both 

 sides, leaving the board its full thickness in 

 the center and one-half its thickness on the 

 edges. 



THE SKUNK STRETCHER. 



Take a piece of board twenty-four inches 

 long, seven inches wide, and one-half inch 

 thick. Give it a gradual slope of one and 

 one-half inches on each edge, leaving the board 

 its full width at one end and four inches wide 

 at the other ; also slope from the edge on both 

 sides to the center, leaving the board its full 

 thickness in the center and one-half its thick- 

 ness on the edges. 



THE OTTER STRETCHER. 



