39* L I S T O F R A T E 5. 



III. THATCHERS WORK. 

 I. Materials. 



Reed, 3/. to 3/. 3J. a hundred fathom (oi' 

 6 feetj. 



Cutting and binding reed, 25J. a hundred. 



Cutting and binding gladdon, 30J. a hun- 

 dred. 



Taking off old reed and binding it, los. a 

 hundred. 



New " tar-rope" (three flrands), y, 6d, to 

 4J. a flone (of fourteen pounds). 

 2. Labour. 



Day's work of a man and boy, 2S. 6d. 



Laying reed, a halfpenny a foot ; or, 4J. 2</. 

 a fquare. 



Laying ftraw, the fame. 



Setting on *' roofing," ^d. to ^d, a foot In 

 length. 



3. Proportions. 



A hundred of reed covers five fquare ; 



A load of ftravv about two fquare. 



A fquare of reed takes about five pounds of 

 tar-rope. 



A load of flraw will make about 25 feet of 

 *« roofing.'* 



IV. 



