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crooked Handle, the back of the bend being 

 turned upward; and, in ufingit, the hollow 

 of the bend is reitedupon the thigh, which 

 is uluaily guarded with a iliield of flrong 

 leather, bound upon it. 



This tool has many good properties. It 

 enters any fubilance much ealier than a 

 broad-mouthed fhovel or fpade ; and an- 

 fwers, in the hands of a Weilcountry man, 

 every purpofe of the fhovel, the fpade, the 

 yard fcraper, and the dung fork of other 

 Dillridls. As a fubftitute for the laft, 

 however, it is lefs eligible, than it is for 

 the three firfl:. - 



There are various other peculiarities, in 

 the fliape and dimenlions of Tools y but 

 none of them are fuiiiciently excellent, or 

 ilriking, to be noticed here. Some of them 

 may, neverthelefs, be mentioned, in treat- 

 ing of the operations to which they be- 

 long. Thofe which are here brought 

 forward are fuiiicient to fhev/, demo:n- 

 flrably, that the Rural Management of this 

 quarter of the liland has either had a fepa- 

 rate origijif or has not partakcTn of the un- 

 provements and changes which that of the 



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