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The spokes are 3 inches broad, and li inch thick ; the 

 feUies 4 inches broad, and 2 inches thick ; the iron rims 

 I inch thick, and in one piece. 



In using a machine like this, it may, on extraordinary 

 occasions, be proper to add a third wheel, in which case 

 the one above described might answer the purpose. But 

 were a third wheel to be made for this particular 

 machine, it would be in better proportion at 6 inches 

 lower. 



The weiglit of the intermediate machine is considerably 

 greater than that of the small-sized one, being about 6f 

 cwt. avoirdupois ; and it is calculated for trees of from 

 eighteen to more than five-and-thirty feet high. 



For underwood, large shrubs, or the like, of which the 

 roots and branches are not extensive, I have sometimes 

 made use of a machine still lighter, and more manageable, 

 than any of the three above delineated. It consists of 

 the pole of the small-sized machine, as already described, 

 mounted on a pair of old coach-wheels, from 4 to 4i feet 

 high, with one stage only upon the cross-bar. To these 

 have been added fellies 4 inches broad, with an iron rim 

 i inch thick. Such a machine may be drawn by a small 

 pony, and is admirably adapted to light work. Whether 

 with or without a horse, it can be conveniently introduced 

 into woods and plantations, where a larger implement 

 would not be productive of the same despatch, and 

 where the latter could not by any means be brought to 

 operate. 



As to the taking up of underwood, little needs to be 

 said on that head. He who attends to the directions 

 above given, for the removal of large trees, will find no 

 difficulty with bushes or underwood. Excepting in very 

 particular cases, I have not been in the habit of preparing 

 them by cutting round their roots. The chief prepara- 



