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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS INFUTAVKD BY PAUT HI. 



old wooden plough is still at work, and the goad is still 

 used to urge the yoke of oxen in dragging it along. 



" In such a place as Chagford," says Mr. Kowe, " the cooper or 

 rough carpenter will still find a demand for the pack-saddle, with 

 its accompanying furniture of crooks, crubs, or dung-pots. Before 



THE DEVON SHIR 

 [By Louis Huard. after an original Sketch ] 



the general introduction of carts, these rough and ready contrivances 

 were found of great utility in the various operations of husbandly, 

 and still prove exceedingly convenient in situations almost, or 

 altogether, inaccessible to wheel-carriages. The long crooks are 

 used for the carriage of corn in sheaf from the harvest-field to the 

 mowstead or barn, for the removal of furze, browse, faggot-wood, 

 and other light materials. The writer of one of the happiest effu- 

 sions of the local muse, 1 with fidelity to nature equal to Cowper or 



1 Sec ' The Devonshire Lane,' above quoted, note to )>. 1<1. 



