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out notice. It is by far the befl I have 

 anywhere feen. It is at once hght, and 

 eafy, to the animal. The operative part 

 of the w^ooDWORK', that which refls upon 

 the withers of the Ox, is broad and gently 

 convex on the under fide, to lit eafy ; and 

 hollowed out, above, to give it lightnefs. 

 To prevent this thin part from being fplit 

 by the adion of the bows in work, rivets 

 are or ought to be run through it, horizon-^ 

 tally, clofe to the outer fides of the bow 

 holes. The fpecies of wood is chiefly 

 Alder, fometimes Elm, 



Another moft admirable part, in the 

 conilruftion of this Yoke, belongs to the 

 DRAUGHT IRON ; whidijinfleadof having, 

 as is ufual, a fmgle ftaple or eye, to receive 

 the ring ; the crovv^n of the flaple is en- 

 larged, and is divided into thdee compart- 

 ments or notches, like tbofe of the draught 

 iron of a plow ; in order to give the weaker 

 Ox the requifite advantage. An admirable 

 thought ; and equally good in theory and 

 in practice . 



The BOWS are invariably, I believe, of 

 Elm ; being brought from the Txcter 



quarter 



