118 SEASONING AND STACKING OF FIREWOOD. 



figure really required ; but in finding out contents it is always best 

 to use this latter figure. On slopes a horizontal terrace is easily 

 prepared for the site of a stack. To prevent the uprights, which 

 support the stack, from being thrust away outwards, each of them 

 may be strutted, or a strip of strong fibrous bark or a long withy 

 may be put round each upright, as shown at w in Fiff. 58, B, and 

 kept in place by the weight of the wood lying on its united free 

 ends. If necessary, two such ties or straps may be put round each 

 upright. It is needless to say that the firewood pieces should be 

 packed together as closely as possible. 



