BOOK IX. 



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A, B, C THREE FURNACES. AT THE FIRST STANDS THE SMELTER, WHO WITH A LADLE 



POURS THE ALLOY OUT OF THE FOREHEARTH INTO THE MOULDS. D FOREHEARTH. 



E LADLE. F MOULDS. G ROUND WOODEN RAMMER. H TAPPING-BAR. AT THE 



SECOND FURNACE STANDS THE SMELTER, WHO OPENS THE TAP-HOLE WITH HIS TAPPING-BAR. 

 THE ASSISTANT, STANDING ON STEPS PLACED AGAINST THE THIRD FURNACE WHICH HAS BEEN 

 BROKEN OPEN, CHIPS OFF THE ACCRETIONS. I STEPS. K SPATULA. L THE OTHER 

 HOOKED BAR. M MlNE CAPTAIN CARRYING A CAKE, IN WHICH HE HAS STUCK THE PICK, TO 

 THE SCALES TO BE WEIGHED. N ANOTHER MINE CAPTAIN OPENS A CHEST IN WHICH HIS 



THINGS ARE KEPT. 



