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190 MAKING UP FAGGOTS. 



How much rope it must take to tie it 

 all up in bundles !" said one of the little 

 ladies. 



Or rather/' said Mr. L. none at all. 

 See, there is not a bit of rope employed." 



Oh ! they tie it with sticks/' she re- 

 plied. How can they double them and make 

 knots?" 



I pointed to an old man, who was just then 

 twisting several pliable long twigs of oak for 

 the purpose. He laid this straight on the 

 ground, and then placed across it an arm-full 

 of the wood, which had been chopped into 

 lengths of about five feet. All the smaller 

 wood was put in the middle. When he had 

 thus got as much as he thought proper for one 

 faggot, he doubled the small end of the withie 

 into a loop, which he twisted round a few 



