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Head of a Mallet drive your Knife a little way into your 
Stock, then raile your hand, and fink the point of your Knife 
Hoping on the edge or back of your Stock, or fide-ways 5, 
cleave your Stock of fuch a depth only, as you make way for 
your Graft, or very little more ; by this Order your Stock 
will be cleft more fmooth, and handfom, and even, and not 
cleave crofs nor ragged, asfbmetimes fmall Stocks are apt to 
do,and then your Inftrument or Grafting Chizel being driven 
into the cleft of your Stock a little way, you may hold the 
Cleft open until you have placed your Graft,the which muff 
be let exactly fap to fap y and if your Stock be young, and 
hath a very thin lap, then there is required more exadnels 
and circumfpe&ion in every part of the work: If your 
Stock have a thick fap,you may place your Graft a little more 
in, yet fo that the edge of your Graft may be even with the 
fap, which is the main in the bufinels. Having placed your 
Graft, you are gently to take away, or knock out your 
Grafting Chizel without mifplacing your Graft,and then with 
a handful, either more oriels, of your tempered Clay, as the 
fizeof the Stock requires 5 lay upon the head of your Stock 
about an inch above, and fomething lower than the cleft of 
your ftock went, fmooth your Clay round and handfom,that 
it may flick on, and keep out both Wet and Wind. I have 
known when Clay hath not been well tempered, a haffy 
Slower hath wafht off all again within a day or two, much 
to the prejudice of the Grafts : If you put two Grafts in a 
Stock, you muff cleave both Sides of your Stock Imooth by 
railing and finking your hand, whereby you may cut the 
Bark fmooth as you go 5 alfo if your Stocks are as big as a 
Man’s Wrift, you are to cleave your Stock twice, not crols, 
but both overthwart, and put in four 
Grafts or Cyons, but if your Stock be 
too big to cleave, then you may graft 
them in the Sap as (hall be Slewed af¬ 
terwards. Some do cut their Cyons 
with flioulders, the which I leldom do, 
enlefs 
If your Stock be very 
fliffjou rmift put in a little 
wedge of wood to keep it 
from pinching your Cyon 
toohard ? which may fpoil 
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