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About Forty Sheets were provided, capable cf 

 holding each One hundred and Fifty, or Two hun<- 

 dred Pounds Weight of it; thefe had Knots or But- 

 tons at the Corners and Middles, made by fewing 

 up a little Hay in thefe Knots, as big as Apples, into 

 Part of the Sheet ; for if any Buckle, or other thing, 

 be few'd to a Sheet plain, it will tear the Sheet. 

 Half thefe Buttons have Strings ty'd to them •, thefe 

 Sheets are fpread among the Cocks, fill'd by Two, 

 2nd ty'd up by Two other Perfons : There is alfo 

 a light Fir Ladder, wide at Bottom, the Top of it 

 faften'd by a Piece of Cord to the brace of the Crane: 

 they hitch the Hook of the lower Pulley to a fill'd 

 Sheet, and by a little Horfe at the End of the Pulley- 

 rope, draw it up Hiding on the Ladder ♦, 'tis up 

 jn a Moment: Then the Man who is below, hitches 

 the Crook of the Pulley to the lower Round of the 

 Ladder, and the Loader above pulls up the Ladder 

 from the Ground, till the Waggon comes to anr 

 pther Sheet. The Waggons are lengtjien'd by Cart- 

 Ladders before and behind, for the more eafy placing 

 .of the Sheets. When about Twelve or Fifteen of 

 them are loaded, they have a Rope fix'd to the 

 Fore-part of each Waggon, which they bring over 

 the Top of all the loaded Sheets, and wreft it at the 

 Tail, to hold on the Sheets faft from falling off with 

 Jolting. Then the Loader pulls out the Crane, and 

 puts it into the next Waggon in the fame Manner. 

 One Waggon is loading whilft another is empty- 

 ing in the Barn, by treble Pulleys likewife -, becaufe 

 'tis inconvenient to take it out of the Sheets by- 

 Prongs ; but the Pulleys will eafily draw off Two or 

 Three Sheets together. One Waggon is always go- 

 ing to the Field, or coming home. This Contri- 

 vance makes more Expedition than one would ima- 

 gine : Three Loads have been loaded, and fent off, 

 in the fame Time this way, that one Load of Hay 

 Jias been loading, binding, and raking off the Out- 

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