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General Notices. 



ation of mowing as it proceeds ; so that the operator may leave ofF at any 

 moment, and at the same time leave what he has done perfectly neat and 

 finished. The machine is easily rolled from one part to another without 

 cutting, by merely lowering the handles, so as to lift the gage-roller from 

 the ground ; the machine may be then pushed forward or drawn backward, 

 the operator stooping a little, without any other effect being produced than 

 that of a common roller. 



Manner of keeping the Machine in order. Occasionally apply sweet oil 

 to the pivots or ends of the axes, and along the straight edge of the rect- 

 angular blade. When the revolving cutters require sharpening, oil the 

 edges, and shake a little flour of emery on them ; then screw the iron 

 handle into the rim of the toothed wheel which is outside of the frame, and 

 turn it backwards for some time. Lastly, wipe the blades quite clean from 

 the emery, and set the adjusting screws. 



Should any part of the machine be broken by accident, a new part may 

 be had from the manufacturer, J. Ferrabee, Phoenix Foundery, near Stroud 

 (see advertising sheet), to fit into its place exactly, thus enabling almost 

 any person to repair the machine. 



Wehave before (Vol. VII. p. 611.) expressed, and nowrepeat,our satisfac- 

 tion at the circumstance of this machine being calculated to improve the grass 

 lawns of warm countries, from its " cutting grass or other herbage too weak 

 to stand against a scythe." This will insure the machine a good reception 

 on the Continent and in America; and it will probably enable the more 

 wealthy cultivators of the latter country, and of Australia, soon to indulge 

 in a garden luxury ; which, if they had it to proeure by manual labour, would 

 probably long remain beyond their reach. We have elsewhere (Vol. VII. 

 p. 692.) mentioned that we have seen it at work in the Zoological Gar- 

 dens, Regent's Park. Mr. Merrick of Cirencester writes : — "I have had 

 one of Budding's machines in use, when the grass required it, all this year, 

 and am highly pleased with it. The narrow machine is best for a gentle- 

 man who wishes to use it himself, and also for grass borders ; but the wide 

 ones are preferable for workmen who have much to cut." — A. Merrick. 

 Cirencester, Sept. 17. 1831. 



French Mole Trap. — Moles are, perhaps, most troublesome from Mi- 

 chaelmas to Lady-day. The common wooden trap operating by a spring- 

 bow which is disen- 

 gaged by the mole's 

 burrowing, and then 

 catches and kills the 

 mole by constric- 

 tion, is a very good 

 one; but the cast- 

 iron trap, on the 

 principle of a for- 

 ceps, closed by a 

 spring, as soon as 

 the mole displaces 

 the bridge by which 

 the trap's jaws are 

 distended, is, per- 

 haps, better. We 

 have, however, to 

 submit another to 

 consideration ( Jig. 

 16.), which we 

 brought from France 

 in 1829, and which 

 consists of two sec- 



