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loosened, care must be taken to examine, by the off- 

 set poles, whether the tree is accurately deposited in 

 the centre, as well as whether the longest branches 

 have been brought to face exactly the stormy quar- 

 ter. If any error has been committed in either of 

 these particulars, the tree must be again pulled 

 down, and the machine turned round to the proper 

 point, which, being done, the machine is loosened 

 from the tree and wheeled out of the pit. By pro- 

 per care at first, extra labour of this kind may, in 

 general, be avoided. 



Immediately after the machine is separated from 

 the tree, the two transverse ropes are stretched, by 

 putting as many hands to them as may be required 

 to balance the weight. The director must then 

 finally determine the interesting point of depth, to 

 save trouble as well as injury to the tree in a more 

 advanced stage of the proceedings. If it appears to 

 be too shallow, the error must be mended, either by 

 bringing from some other quarter as much additional 

 earth as may be required to cover the roots to a 

 proper thickness, which is the better plan, or the tree 

 is to be pulled down by means of the transverse 

 ropes, and excavation had recourse to. On the con- 

 trary, if the depth is too great, the tree is to be 

 pulled down in like manner, first on the one side, 



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