160 WOOD AND GARDEN 



not unlike the smell of apples crushing iu the cider- 

 press. 



The woodman has still to rend the two halves 

 of the trunk, but the work is not so heavy and goes 

 more quickly. Now he has to shift them to the side 

 of the rough track that serves as a road through the 

 wood. They are so heavy that two men could barely 

 lift them, and he is alone. He could move them with 

 a lever, that he could cut out of a straight young 

 tree, a foot or so at a time at each end, but it is a 

 slow and clumsy way ; besides, the wood is too much 

 encumbered with undergrowth. So he cuts two short 

 pieces from a straight bit of branch four inches or five 

 inches thick, levers one of his heavy pieces so that one 

 end points to the roadway, prises up this end and 

 kicks one of his short pieces under it close to the 

 end, settling it at right angles with gentle kicks. The 

 other short piece is arranged in the same way, a Uttle 

 way beyond the middle of the length of quartered 

 trunk. Now, standing behind it, he can run the 

 length easily along on the two rollers, till the one 

 nearest biTn is left behind ; this one is then put under 

 the front end of the weight, and so on tUl the road 

 is reached. 



Trees that stand where paths are to come, or 

 that for any reason have to be removed, root and 

 all, are not felled with axe or saw. but are grubbed 

 down. The earth is dug away next to the tree, 

 gradually exposing the roots; these are cut through 



