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(and a half-inch in length) to that corresponding to 

 our " ten pennies," and lighter by two-thirds than 

 these. 



The third gate is equally simple, and in way of 

 ornamentation, has only its little rooflet. The de- 

 sign represents this as of equal width with the 

 gate ; but a somewhat better effect may be secured 

 by an extension of the roof some six or eight inches 

 on either side, in which case, of course, the posts 

 must be cut off even with the ridge, and finials of 

 cedar sticks adjusted at either end. This bit of roof 

 over the gateway gives not only the hospitable air, 

 which I remarked upon in the previous chapter, but 

 serves to protect the rustic work from the weather to 

 such a degree that the bark will hold fast for double 

 the length of time. In all such work, great annoy- 

 ance is given by an insect which devours the sapwood 



