PKACTICAL FOBESTBY. 



The outside end of the fuse should be teased out and 

 lighted with a match, and as it will require over a minute 

 for the fire to reach the powder time is given for the finding 

 of a place of safety. 



Burning Tree Stumps. With a 2-inch auger bore a 

 vertical hole in the centre of the stump from the top 

 towards the bottom. In the side of the stump, near ground- 

 level, bore a horizontal hole towards the centre, so as to 

 open into the bottom of the vertical hole, drop some fire 

 down the vertical hole, and the draught of air entering by 

 the horizontal hole will, like the draught of a chimney, 

 maintain the combustion of the fire in the centre, which 

 slowly spreads and ultimately burns away the stump. 



Another and equally simple method of destroying stumps 

 of trees is as follows : In autumn bore a hole 2 in. in 

 diameter and 18 in. deep, put in 1A oz. of saltpetre, fill 

 with water, and plug up close. During the following spring 

 put in the same hole half a gill of kerosene oil and then 

 light. The stump will smoulder away without blazing,down 

 .to every part of the roots. 



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