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on the top of the fire, gradually adding more as the con- 
tents of the hearth settle ; he also adds a few small coals 
occasionally to keep up the combustion ; when the whole 
of the brouse is thrown on the hearth, the other smelter 
watches-out ; that is, with a long pointed crow-bar, called 
a gavel or gable hook, he stirs up the whole of the brouse, 
and brings forward a great part of it upon the work -stone ; 
this is effected by introducing the gable- hook into the 
hearth six different times, in the following order : he first 
forces it under the brouse a few inches on one side the 
centre, until the point touches the back ; he then forces as 
low down as he can the end he holds in his hand ; this 
lightens up the contents of the hearth, and as the bar is 
withdrawn, a part of the hot brouse comes forward on the 
work-stone ; the gable-hook is then entered below the 
brouse, about the same distance from the centre, on the 
other side, where the same operation is performed : it is 
next introduced close to the side of the hearth ; here the 
workman forces the end of the gable-hook from hkn, at 
the same time he presses it down, so as to bring the point 
of the bar into the middle of the hearth ; this brings part 
of the brouse, which was next the side, into the middle, 
and what was in front, out on the work- stone. The gable- 
hook is again introduced in the same place, and the point 
raised close to the side, to remove any brouse that may 
adhere to the bearer or key. The same operation is per- 
formed at the other side, to remove, the brouse from thence 
also. Whilst the watcher is performing his part, the man 
who supplied the hearth, and who is called the setter- on, 
thrusts his shovel down into the hearth, a little below the 
entrance of the blast, and forces the brouse sufficiently for- 
ward to allow him to place a peat or a handful of chop- 
wood horizontally before the orifice of the bellows : this 
he generally gets done nearly as soon as the other has 
finished watching, who changes his gable-hook for a sho« 
