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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 13. 

 Fig. 1 ^ 2. 



Two different views of a tool for cutting out the dead 

 and decayed parts of hollow trees. It has two wooden han- 

 dles which may be of any convenient length. 



Fig, 3^4, 



Two views of another tool, with one handle, for cutting 

 out dead wood. This is made narrower than the for^ner, and 

 is to be used in places where Fig. 1. cannot be admitted. 



5. A triangular chisel, for cutting grooves or channels to 

 carry off the waier from the hollows of the trees. 



6. A to jl representing an adze on one side and a hatchet 

 on the other. 



7. A large chisel. 



8. A large gouge. 



9. A sm.;U saw, with double teeth, thin on the back, for 

 cutting off small branches, &c. 



10. A knife with a concave edge. 



11. A tool in form of a sickle, v>^ithout teeth. This is 

 to scrape stems and branches of trees on the side next the 

 wall. 



12. A pruning-knife with a convex edge. 



13. A tool in shape of a curry-comb for scraping moss, 

 &c. off the stems and branches of trees: One of the scrapers 

 has teeth ; the other is plain. The back of this tool, and the 

 edges of the scrapers, are a little concave. 



14. A larger double-toothed saw for cutting off large 

 branches. 



15. A small pruning-knife with a convex edge. 



16. A large chistl with a strong plate of iron screwed on 

 upon the face of it, like a double iron for a plane, to prevent 

 its running in too far where the tree is cross-grained. 



K. B. These tools have handles of different lengths, to be 

 used as occasion requires. 



