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under the old method, for digging holes in the sand and 

 removing the resin from them. 



Another scraper {harrasquitc) (fig. 283) has a curved, sharp 

 blade with a handle Ih meters (4 feet 10 inches) long. It is 



Fig. 281. 



Fig. 282. 



Pelle. 



Fig. 283. 



used for removing bark which cannot be reached by the axe and 

 also for collecting the harras from the same places. 



Another implement, termed rasclet (fig. 284), has a handle 

 1'80 meters (5 feet 10 inches) long ; it has also a step, and is 

 sometimes used to raise the height of the 

 grooves when above the reach of the 

 workman's ahscliot. The workman, how- 

 ever, frequently stands on the step of the 

 rasclet and uses his curved axe. 



Fig. 285 shows another scraper (jyoussc), 

 with a handle 2 meters 40 centimeters 

 (7 feet 9 inches) long, and used, like the 

 harrasquitc, for the higher portions of 

 the groove. The jx^/o^ (fig. 286) re- 

 sembles the jioussc, but its handle is only 

 90 centimeters (1 yard) long ; it replaces Ban-asquite. 



the pelle, when the Hugues method is 



adopted, and maj^ also be employed as a dibble for sowing acorns 

 or pine seeds. 



