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dame fhould be well covered with two or 
three good euats of fome fort of oil paint. ‘T'he expence in- 
curred i in this way is but little, while the as. gained 
is very confiderable. 
It is fuppofed by Mr. Parker, in the eflay sea ae 
above, that for eral gate-poits the fubftance fhould n 
be lefs than from eight to ten inches in the fquare, and t 
for very heavy ¢ crates Bast t in the ai are is by no means to 
much. And even if formed of ftill larger fi 7 ze itis bet 
The fteadinefs of a gate-poft in a great-meafure depends 
upon the depth to which it is fet in the ground, which ought 
in fome cafes to be nearly equal to the height of it. But 
in — five or fix feet are fully fafficient for the purpofe. 
rong frame ee wood placed under the ground, fo as to 
conneét with ofts, may in fom e tatkances be ufeful in 
keeping the polts fleady without the ites of putting them 
in fe very dee 
Since a well-conftru@ed | gate cannot be sited to advantage 
without fuitable poits, it is fuppofed neceflary to fay a few 
—— about them. And, asmuch trouble and expence may 
be faved. by a proper underftanding in what regards their 
keg and fubitance, the oe given below are fub- 
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5 feet 6 thes ee 6- fie, the value of which muft ead on 
its quality ; but for common ete the lower Bee of a tree 
of the dimenfions fhewn 
erin in tie fe ee of t a tree, fu a as 
feen at the above figure, is tw seit oe orexa€tly twen- 
ty-three feet one inchand three-tenths ; this leaves to the pur- 
chafer of round timber, taking in ‘the fap, an a It 
is contended, in the proportion ‘of from 50 to upwards 
of from five to four. - rt of an ae ‘vi hout the 
bark, fit for this intention, is fee 13. e plate. 
The money eftimate of dee ene is on below. 
££. s. de. 
To 4 pofts containing 19} feet Aton ary 
meafure, of moder ate ly good oak, feveral 
‘inches of. which, in the length towards the 
pags a of little or no value, taken sg 
ther 2s..a boot 19 Oo 
32 feet of fawing at - : - Io 
z2.0 ®&. 
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ference of a part of a tree without the bark, intended for 
four poits, were onl feet 8 inches, inftead o 
inches. and.4-1oths, which is the circumference anfwering to 
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- diameter of 2 feet, it would contain 16 feet 9 inches 
-1oths by cuito omary meature, including the fap, which 
would be nearly pete in ftrength, to 4 pofts of +0 inches 
; for each of fuch pofts w Al meafure, in the true fay 
more ia five feet ; and the four pofts, as fhewn at 13» 
would be reduced 75. in price, or Is. gd. each, leaving their 
value about 85. 3d. apiece. Mr. Parker confiders it as fri- 
volous.to add ‘D uftrations upon queftions, to which fimilar 
cafes a are detailed, in ever n menfuration of. 
ground, he begs .to be confidered as accountable only for the 
fates and not for the poft on which it hangs, unlefs his advice 
in that re{pect may alfo have been duly attended to. 
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-poft of a certain ftrength, and not ecavilling about-the 
-difference as tothe cuftomary and true meafi : d times 
ber, for the market 
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and prove inconvenient. always be ftro ngly- 
nailed to the poits, and be formed of well-feafoned pieces. 
of oak, being ae rammed up at the fame time with the 
fts. 
Gates, Hanging and Faffening of. The modes of fixing. 
or aechne them - the = by hinges, or other means, in: 
order that the gate may open and fhut with eafe and conve- 
nience ; i re methods. of fecuring. them fo as to ee 
them fhu 
The on ging of gates. is a eS that requires fome- 
ferious confideration to effeé r manner. It is- 
obvious that see nae ae a certain degree of velocity,. 
without having too much, in fhutting alata but this. 
is not attained w an fome degree of difficu 
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and had acquired an adequate idea of the leading mann 
yet not having committed it to writing, the real nature of it 
had efcaped his recolletion, anda falfe notion of it Lapoe 
the place ;. which was, that the ony ~ neceflary was to 
throw the gate out of hoes upright, fo.as to lean towards ie 
whether re inc ne of it was 
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the hooks 
give the fall by the thimbles alone.. He confequently pre-- 
pared.a bottom thimble, with a elafp to take the har-tree,. 
and with an eye at each corner, in or — that. ay Bre might. 
- be-oacafionally hung on one fide or other oft nce, as the: 
eccupation of, the inclofure oe pects at with this. 
thimble hung a 
The centres of the pins of the hooks being placed exablly 
perpendicular each other by a plumb line, the gate~ 
was hung on ; ba nes of falling this way or-that, it. lee 
ftationarily wherever it was fet. Finding himfelf thus at a. 
fland without inclination to remain long ia fuch a. eet i 
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