. The woodsman's handbook. e edges of which are exposed through a small glassdisk set in the center of the front of the case. The wheels areturned step by step by a plun-ger projecting through the edgeof the case in position to be• • operated by the thumb. Thebox is carried within the palmof the hand and held by a ringthrough which the middle fingeris passed. It counts from 1to 999, and costs $ (Seefig. 13.) CRUISERS BARKBLAZER. : * One form of this consists of a flat ellipitcal iron plate having its center cut away to receive the hand and provided on one side and near one end with aI ^oo
. The woodsman's handbook. e edges of which are exposed through a small glassdisk set in the center of the front of the case. The wheels areturned step by step by a plun-ger projecting through the edgeof the case in position to be• • operated by the thumb. Thebox is carried within the palmof the hand and held by a ringthrough which the middle fingeris passed. It counts from 1to 999, and costs $ (Seefig. 13.) CRUISERS BARKBLAZER. : * One form of this consists of a flat ellipitcal iron plate having its center cut away to receive the hand and provided on one side and near one end with aI ^ook-like gouge offsetting from the plate at such an angle that when struck with a drawing motion into the bark of a tree a clean blaze will be made. Two wooden handle pieces are riveted to the plate on the opposite side from the gouge. (See fig. 14.) This instrument is useful in spotting trees, in making estimates. and in laying out roads and trails. It is so simple in conptructioir that it may be made by any Fig. 14.—Cruisers bark blazer. 110 THE woodsmans HANDBOOK THE PRESSLER INCREMENT BORER. For extracting a solid plug of wood from a standing tree in orderto count the rings in the 1 or 2 inches, with less injury to thetree than cutting a notch for this purpose.
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