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OLD WEST SURREY 



a fine old pattern. The next picture is of two sheep-bells of 

 the usual kind, and a sheep-marking iron. It is dipped in 



Stockholm tar or colouring matter, 

 to print upon the fleece. A very 

 large old sheep-bell is shown at 

 p. 187. 



Every farm had its steel-yard, 

 the usual appliance for weighing. It 

 is an instrument of great antiquity, 

 still used all over the East. It has 

 two adjustments, one for heavy 

 weights and one for lighter. The 

 four-sided bar on which the bob 

 hangs has two scales of graduation. 

 In the case of the alternative adjust- 

 ment, the steel-yard hangs the other 

 way up, suspended by the hook that 

 hangs between the weight (sack of 

 potatoes in the picture) and the bob. 

 The bar is so engraved that it shows on the upper of its two 

 diagonal faces the graduation proper to the adjustment in use. 



Shepherd's Crook 



Marking-Iron and Sheep Bells 



The country people call it the ' stilly'd,' with a heavy accent 

 on the first syllable, and the second nearly suppressed. 



