68 MINUTES Nov. 



2$. to take the top of the load, arid high enough to 

 be out of the way of the flail ; fettingaman with 

 his flail to give the workmen the proper height. 



I find, however, that either the thralher, or 

 the bricklayer, has made a miftake ; for yefter- 

 day the thralher toid me, that he frequently hits 

 his flail againft the beam. 



The height from the floor, I find, is nine 

 feet ; fix inches more, he fays, would be high 

 enough ; however, he being a middle-fized 

 man, a foot may be neceflary : and ten feet 

 may perhaps be taken as a general height. 



Themifchief is ufually done by large loads ; 

 to draw in which (efpecially if the barn-floor 

 lies much higher than the yard) the horfes are 

 obliged to exert their utmoft ftrength ; but the 

 load being once landed upon the floor, no far- 

 ther exertion is neceflary ; neverthelefs the 

 horfes being roufed and fpirited, or not under 

 command, rufh furioufly on till they come to a 

 check -, which is generally the roof of theporch. 

 A fmall load requires no extraordinary exer- 

 tion, but is drawn in deliberately, and the hor- 

 fes of courfe are flopped atpleafure. The height 

 of a pair of full-fized barn-doors is fourteen 

 feet, and a high load will nearly touch the phte. 

 Twelve feet high is but a fmall load. There- 

 fore, 



