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meets with greater shocks ; it is especially lighter in the back 

 which is often rounded-off, whilst the lopping-axe contains more 



Fig. 51, 



Fig. 52. 



Fig. 53. 



metal, and is usually flat and steeled at the back. The head of 

 a felling-axe rarely weighs more than 3 to 3^ lbs., whilst the 



Fig. 5i. 



Fig. 55. 



Fig. 56. 



lopping-axe may be about 20 per cent, heavier. It is quite 

 exceptional for woodcutters to have both these axes, and the 

 loppmg-axe is not required in broad-leaved forests. It is, 



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