c). NORFOLK. 6^ 



to raife fhe biut-cnd of a large timber to be 

 drawn a fliort dillance ; the top-end being fuf- 

 tered to drag behind upon the ground, to the 

 injury of the turf, or the road, it is drawn 

 upon. 



. In Norfolk, alarge ftick of timber, or per- 

 haps three or four fi nailer ones, arc entirely 

 flung to the axle ; lb that.-, in drawing, no part 

 of them whatever touches the ground ; the 

 top-end being generally drawn foremoft, and 

 the end toward the horfes always the heaviefl. 



The method of taking up a piece of timber 

 is this : the horfes being taken off, the wheels 

 are run, by hand, ailride the timber to be flung, 

 until the axle is judged to be a few inches be- 

 hind the balance-point : or, which is better, 

 a chain is lirft put round the timber, and the 

 wheels run up to it. It is difficult to afcertain 

 the exadt place of fixing the chain, by the eye; 

 neverthelefs, a perfon accuflomed to fling tim- 

 ber in this manner, will come very near the 

 truth. The chain hooked, and the axle brought 

 into its proper fituation, the fliafts, or pole, is 

 throw^n back in the ufual manner; the chain 

 carried over the block j brought round the 

 pole J its end made faflj and the fhafts or pole 



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