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admit the ends of the side-pieces of the sledge through 

 the lower edge of the upset root ; and if the tree 

 were large, placing several wet slippery boards under 

 the sides of the sledge^ that it might be more easily 

 drawn up the acchvity of the hole. The men hang- 

 ing or sitting on the top, then let go their hold, and 

 the tree generally righted itself, standing fail' upon 

 the sledge as it grew ; if it did not do this of itself, 

 they assisted its rising by lifting at the top. The 

 root was then secured firmly upon the sledge with 

 ropes, and the horses were attached, who, by pidling 

 stoutly, dragged the sledge with its load out of the hole 

 up the slope, and away to the prepared new situation 

 one man walking at each side, having hold of a rope 

 attached to the top of the tree to guide and steady 

 it when passing a furrow or other inequahty of the 

 road. The horses were led across the new site,, and 

 stopped when the sledge and tree were in the pit, 

 about a foot past the berth ; the ropes fixing the stool 

 on the sledge were then untied, and, by pulHng 

 backward upon the ropes fixed to the top, the tree 

 was upset again upon its side from off the sledge, 

 and the sledge dragged forward. The tree was then 

 allowed or assisted to right itself again in its proper 

 berth, and friable earth packed well around and scat- 

 tered over the stool, and a little litter spread over 



