top, above the water, each beam having 

 its ends firmly fixed in the banks on each 

 side of the stream ; and the stakes were 

 placed in a perpendicular direction to the 

 front of these beams ; the lower end of 

 each stake resting in a deep groove cut 

 along the uppermost side of the lower 

 piece of timber, and the upper end of 

 each stake bearing against the upper piece 

 of timber. For the position of the up- 

 permost beam, and the upper ends of the 

 stakes, see the wears across the stream in 

 in plates 2, 3. The lower piece of tim- 

 ber, in this case, is always placed a few 

 inches higher up the stream than the up- 

 per one, that the stakes may stand per- 

 fectly upright, at the same time that tliey 

 bear against the uppermost piece of tim- 

 ber. Having thus obtained the out- 

 works, or frame of a wear, it will be no 

 difficult matter to fill up, and complete 



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