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Staples, an Inch and half long, the 
two Points or Ends more than half an 
Inch, asin Fig. I. ‘The Ufeof thefe 
will be fhewn in the next Chapter. 
You have now only to fix two Sticks 
crofling the Box from Side to Side, and 
crofling each other, to be a Stay to the 
Combs ; one about three Inches from 
the Bottom, the other the fame Dif- 
tance from the Top: And when you 
have painted the whole, to make it 
more durable, your Box is finifhed. 
The judicious Bee-Mafter, I hope, 
will here obferve that the Form of the 
Box I have been defcribing, is as plain 
as it is poflible for it to be. It is 
little more than five fquare Pieces of 
Board, nailed together: So that a poor 
Cottager, who has but Ingenuity e- 
nough to faw a Board into the given 
Dimentions, and to drive a Nail, may 
make his own Boxes well enough, | 
without 
