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wid.' at tlir hioa<lfst i);iil. and Is nud. ot t\M>stii|.s d.i 



and 'l wide. JoiiuMl at the tix 



tour siioit horizontal or sli-liil\ 



is elliptical ill section, witli 



inner fa.ee, exce]it lictwccn tl 



tapered off coiisidc 



toe. and sli.olitly tapered tow iid tli. In 



two iMiiiits are fastened to.^tthi i l.\ i vl 



zontal stitch of AvhalelxMie. lli. ti). is 



into a sli-ht "tail.-a 



shoe is slightly strai-liler tli in tin ont( i— 111 it j ', 



is to say, they are 



The bars are elliptical in s, , tion ll 

 and have their ends mortised mto tin iii 

 are about a foot ajiai 

 9-2 inches long and 



are of th<^ same Ineadtii and tin.) m ss 1 1 

 inch. There is also an exti i 1. u toi stun, 

 eiiing the back Jiait of llie slioi 1(1 im Iks t 

 the point. It is also of oak 4sin(h(s]oiu <» ". ( 

 wide, and 0-;5 thick. Tlu^ to( md ht< 1 lu ttin.,s ^ 

 hh' pnt oil Hrst. Small ((iiiidistnit \ 





th 



Ihos, 

 h. I(l\ 



above and below; tl 

 i inch fi-om the edg( 

 the under side of tli 

 holes is lacd a |,iec, 



nd the inside of 

 I- IkpIcs in the 



At the toe bar 



the space. There are no 

 parts spliced at the toe, 1 

 through a bight of each si 



the lacing is caiiied straight across tV liiii ti> 



rim aliout tin ee times, the last part being wound 

 round the oth.'rs. 



On the let'l shoe the end is l.iought back on 

 the left han.l side, passed through the first hole 

 in the bar b-oiii above, .•anied along in the 

 groove <m the underside to the next hole, up 

 through this and round the lacing, and back , ,, s .i . 



through the same hole, the two parts being 



twisted together between the bar and lacing. This is i tiiiiK d stop- 

 ping" the lacing in festoons tc, the bar. to the last hole on the right, 



