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EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII. 



Fig. 1. A tool for cutting out the dead and de- 

 cayed parts of hollow trees. It has two 

 wooden handles which may be of any 

 convenient length. 



2. Another tool with one handle for cutting 

 out dead wood. This is made narrower 

 than the former, and is to be used in 

 places where Fig. 1. cannot be admit- 

 ted. . 



3. A small saw with double teeth, thm on 

 the back, for cutting off small branches, 



&c. 



4. A long knife with a concave edge. 



5. A pruning knife with a convex edge. 



6. A tool in shape of a curry-comb for scrap- 

 ing moss, &c off the stems and branches 

 of trees : one of the scrapers has teeth ; 

 the other is plain. The back of this 

 tool, and the edges of the scrapers, are a 

 little concave. 



7. A large double-toothed saw for cutting 

 off large branches. 



8. A tool resembling a hedge-bill for cutting 

 branches, &c. 



