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This material being gotten in its proper feafon, it muft be 
very well dried in the bun, and more than Bark ; then houfed 
dry, and iiept dry for ufe ; and when it is to be ufed, the grea- 
ter wood may be Chaved final],or clcfc fit for the Engin, by and 
by to be defcribed ; and the fmaller to be bruifed and cut 
fniall by the fame Engin : Which done, it muft again be dried 
very well upon a kiln, and then ground, as Tanners ufually da 
their Bark, 
Such wood as is to be ufed prelencly after 'tis gotten, will 
require the better and more drying upon the kiln 5 othervvife 
it will blacken and fpoil all the Leather. 
Where Oak is fcarce, Ihornsv^^y indifferently well fupply 
that fcarcity. 
Bircb ordered and ufed inftead of Oak^is very fit for ScaU 
As thefe Ingredients willTan better thanBark a]one,and that 
with far lefs charge ; fo may this Invention ftve the felling of 
Timber when the Sap is up ; whicb,when 'tis done, caufes the 
outfideof the Trees co rot and grow worm-eaten^ whereas, if 
the Trees had been felied in winter, when the Sap was down, 
they w^ould have been almofl: all Heart (as they call it,;and not 
fo fubjeft to worms. Befides that this Invention will greatly 
improve the value of Undcr-woods. 
the Defcript'ion of the Engin above-mentioned^ for Beating and 
Cutting the Materials of tanning, 
^^ir^Kis Enginin tab. T.JigoJ. and 2» confifts of a longfquare 
woodden Block, and of fjme pieces of Iron, tobefaft- 
r^ed on it and ufed about it, vizo an Anvi!, a Hammer, an Iron 
holding the wood to be bruifed and cut, and a knife to cut the 
fame. 
Oak or Elm is accounted beft for the faid Block,the Dimen' 
fions whereof are thefe ; 
By infig.r.the,Lengd3oftheBIock,about 4foot. 
C D, the Breadth thereof r $ or 1 6 inches. 
E F, the Depth, 8 or 10 inches. 
The Iron pieces are; 
GHIK, in fig.i. afquarecavicy to receive a plate of Iron, 
fcrving 
