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hoops for barrels and packing-cases ; hoops shaved on both 

 sides and made np in neat bundles of standard lengths. The 

 shavings make a capital and durable thatch. Hoop-making, 

 which is still carried on in the woods of the district on a 

 rather large scale, is probably not an ancient industry. It 

 must have grown with the modern facilities for communi- 



The Hurdle-Maker 



cation, for the largest and longest of the hoops go to the 

 tropics for sugar hogsheads. 



But another industry that goes on in the copses in 

 winter and spring is probably much older and is still well 

 alive. This is the making of wattle hurdles for sheepfolds. 

 They are made of hazel, ash, or willow. 



The hurdle -maker has a long - shaped block, slightly 

 curved, called the hurdle frame, something over six feet in 



