APPENDIX, No. VII. ^7 



It Is of triangulai* fhape, and though of a very flight con- 

 jlruction, fo that tv/o men can eafily carry it, anfwers 

 the purpofe efFeclually. At the point there is a block 

 about eighteen inches in height, through which there is 

 a ftrong timber pin for the purpofe of fallening the 

 horfes, and by which the machine is dragged in a man- 

 ner fimllar to the common harrow. There are two deals 

 of the fame height, nailed on each ilde of the block, of 

 from eight to ten feet in length, and of the fame width 

 or diftance from each other at the extremity. About 

 two feet fi-om the end of the deals, there is a crofs deal 

 to keep the other two firm and Heady. The defcription 

 I had drawn up of the machine being loft, it is only 

 from a very imperfe£l recollection of it that the preced- 

 ing account is given. 



It is believed, that this machine may be of conlider- 

 able fervice in clearing the roads of fnow in many parts 

 of Great Britain. But its utility to the ftoremafter or 

 jfheep farmer, is a matter of ftlll greater importance. 

 At prefent, when the ground is covered with fnow, there 

 are no means to procure food for fuch multitudes of 

 fheep as are now kept in many parts of the Highlands, 

 but by teaching them to rake up the fnow with their 

 feet fo as to get at the top of the heather ; and when the 

 froft has alfo begun, the furface muft be broken by har- 

 rows, otherwife none but very experienced flieep will at- 

 tempt it. But with one or two of thefe machines, »nd 

 half a dozen of fmall horfes, many acres may be cleared 

 in a few hours, where the ground is not ftony, and the 

 fnow has only recently fallen. If the froft has begun to 

 harden the top, harrows muft previoufly be made ufe of. 

 By means of thefe machines, the fnow may be laid in. 

 ridges, with intervening fpaces of from 2.^ to 30 feet 

 perfectly clear of fnow ; and thus, at the fmalleft pof- 

 fibie expence, the farmer may always command abun- 

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