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must also be a pinion of six, turn'd by the said in- 

 dented wheel : Then to the ax-tree of the pinion is to 

 be fix'd a long auger, as in letter A, which must pass 

 through the hole B, to be opened, and clos'd as oc- 

 casion requires, somewhat like a turner's lathe ; the 

 tree or piece of timber to be bored, is to be plac'd on 

 the frame CD, so as the frame may easily slide by the 

 help of certain small wheels, which are in the hollow 

 of it, and turn upon strong pins, so as the work-man 

 may shove forwards, or draw the tree back, after 'tis 

 fastned to the frame ; that so the auger turning the 

 end of the tree, may be applied to it ; still remembring 

 to draw it back at every progress of three, or four 

 inches, which 'the auger makes for the cleansing it 

 from the chips, lest the auger break : Continue this 

 work till the tree, or piece of timber be bored as far 

 as you think convenient, and when you desire to in- 

 large the hole, change your auger bits as the figure 

 represents them. 



To these we might add several more, as they are 

 described by Besson, Ramelli, Cause, and others ; as 

 likewise cranes and machines for the easier elevation, 

 moving and transporting of timber, but they are now 

 become familiar, and therefore I omit them. 



Notwithstanding all this, I could wish, that the 

 most effectual and proper tools for carpentry-work, 

 and other useful inventions for the raising and trans- 

 port of great and massive timber, and the like mechanic 

 uses, were describ'd and explain'd by some persons 

 expert in the French tongue, and proper English 

 terms ; together with the figures, as they are published 

 in Monsieur Feliben's Principles of Architecture, as of 

 greater use for our plantations abroad. 



The fallen leaves of trees in woods, which lie 



