Letters from America : containing observations on the climate and agriculture of the western states, the manners of the people, the prospects of emigrants, &c . t the upper finger is aboutfive inches shorter than the under one. Between H 2 100 LETTERS FROM AMERICA. the posts IK, and FG, are five small connectingstays of iron. Figure ^. is a separate plan of oneof the iron stays, shewing the manner in which itis fixed to the upright bars or posts. AB is a partof the finger; C the hole through which the smallpost (IK of the former figure) passes; and D isthe post FG of the former figure. EF is t
Letters from America : containing observations on the climate and agriculture of the western states, the manners of the people, the prospects of emigrants, &c . t the upper finger is aboutfive inches shorter than the under one. Between H 2 100 LETTERS FROM AMERICA. the posts IK, and FG, are five small connectingstays of iron. Figure ^. is a separate plan of oneof the iron stays, shewing the manner in which itis fixed to the upright bars or posts. AB is a partof the finger; C the hole through which the smallpost (IK of the former figure) passes; and D isthe post FG of the former figure. EF is the ironstay; it is about one-sixth of an inch in diameter;and it is thin and crooked near the end E, whereit is fastened to the finger by two small nails. FromG to F the stay is a small screw. At K, is a fe-male hand-screw that bears against D. At 11, isa nut, also bearing against the post D. By thisscrew the finger is firmly kept in its proper fingers are five inches apart, measuring from thecentre of the one to that of the other. The shaft ofthe scythe is five feet long, and the whole of theparts are as light as is consistent with strength. V. LETTERS FROM AMERICA. 101 November 22. About a mile distant from thehouse where I lodged, the woods were on fire. Itwas supposed that the conflagration had been be-gun by some mischievous person, who had kindledthe dry leaves, now strewed over the ground. Inthe evening, the glare of light extending along aridge for a mile and a half, was astonishingly decayed trees were converted into luminouscolumns of fire j when these fell the crashingnoise was heard within doors. Fires in the woodsusually excite alarm in their neighbourhood.—People watch them by night, their rail fences andwooden habitations being in danger. Some parts of this neighbourhood were purchasedtwelve or fourteen years ago. Their proximity toChillicothc was little regarded. The increased po-pulation and trade of the town has now madeit the market of
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