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it may be safely hoisted, for the greater the weight the 

 tighter will be the hold. 



Next to this, and still more convenient, is the chain- 

 sling, figure 181. The fall-rope is terminated by a chain 

 with twisted links, which ends in a ring, and so a loop 

 is made to take the bag, or simply the bag's mouth. 

 Like the rope-sling, it will hold fast all the bags that 

 it can be made to surround. For hoisting many bags at 

 a time, nothing is more convenient and safe than an end- 

 less rope, figure 182, cut eighteen to twenty feet long, 

 and the ends spliced together. This is laid upon the 

 floor, forming a long, narrow loop; the bags are laid 

 upon it, resting evenly on both side ropes, then the ends 

 are brought together, one is passed through the other, 

 so as to act like a noose, and hooked over the fall-rope, 

 which should terminate in a strong hook, as shown in 

 the engraving. 



DERRICK FOR A CELLAR. 



The carrier shown in figure 183 is similar to those used 

 for hay, but more simple in construction. Four iron 

 wheels are attached with bolts, which serve as axles, to 

 two-by-four-inch oak blocks. The connecting bars hold- 

 ing the blocks together are made of old wagon-wheel tire, 

 and joined together below the carrier, by a cross-bar of 

 the same material, bearing a hook. The track is made 

 of a bent two-by-four-inch scantling, to each side of 

 which are bolted oak strips one inch thick, forming a 

 roadway for the wheels. To the outer end of the track 

 is fastened a pulley, over which passes the rope attached 

 to the carrier. When the lead runs into the cellar the 

 rope moves along in the groove under the track. In re- 

 moving heavy articles from the cellar, the end of the rope 

 is attached to a windlass, set a short distance from the 



