274 IMPLEMENTS. i6. 



II. Plow. The plow at prcfent in uni- 

 vcrlal eftimation in the Vak is of the little, 

 iliort, winding-mouldboard fort, which in 

 different parts of the kingdom goes under 

 the name of the I)utch--plQZv, or the Torkpfirs 

 Plow. 



On the conflrudtion of a fliip volumes have 

 been written, without any univerfally receiv- 

 ed principles being yet eftabliilied. The Ber- 

 mudians, who build by the tyt alone^ without 

 either drawing or gauge to alTift them, excel 

 all other nations in the conftrutflion of fmall 

 vefTels (the almoft only p-oduce of their 

 ilLmds) •, which are remarkable as fafl: failers, 

 and notorious for lying nearer the wind than 

 any other veffels. 



Different as the fliip and the plow may be 

 in magnitude and general appearance, there is 

 fome fimilarity in the principles of their con- 

 fir u6l ion •, and the difiiculty of fixing thofe 

 principles, and of reducing them to a regular 

 theory, is nearly the fame in both. The art 

 of conrtruclion in cither cafe is principal! v 

 attained by pradlce. 



In this Ditlrift, the fpccics of plow under 

 ROilce is in general conflruftcd better than 



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