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SO ; but accidentally placing the block under 

 about the middle of the pole, he gained no 

 power ; he was still unable to move the load. 

 His brother saw the mistake ; and, moving the 

 block, ox fulcruyn^ as it is called, closer to the 

 timber, they found it easy enough, by one of 

 them bearing upon the end farthest from the 

 block, to raise this log, as the workmen had 

 raised the larger one. The victory seemed 

 as pleasing to them as the knowledge. Yet 

 both of them said in a breath, I shall think 

 of that again/' 



Affairs of still greater interest, however, 

 arrested our attention ; for preparations were 

 now making for lifting the tree, which had 

 been the object of so many inquiries. 



They saw there a machine composed of 

 three long and stout beams, or legs, open at 

 one end, at the other joined by iron hooks and 



