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within five or six Foot of the Centre ; at which Distance you shall be- Chap. IV.gin to set the Wood'in a triangular Form (as in the following Frint, a)till it come to be three Foot high : Against this again, place yourgreater Wood almost perpendicular, reducing it from the triangularto a circa lar Form, till, being come Within a Yard of the Centre , younray pile the Wood long-ways, as it lay in the Stack , being careful that•the Ends of the Wood do hot touch the Fole, Which must now beerected in the Centre, nine Foot in height, that Ib there may remain around Hole, which is to be formed in Working up the Stack-wood , for aTunnel , and the more commodious Firing of the Fit, as they call it,though not very properly.. This provided for, go on to pile, and setyour Wood upright to the other, as before ; till having gained a Tardmore, you lay it long-ways again, as was fhewM : And thus continuethe Wirk , still interchanging the Fofition of the Wood, till the whole■drea of the Hearth and Circle be filled and piled up at the least eightFoot high, and so drawn in by Degrees in filing, that it resemble theForm of a copped brown Houjhold-loaf filling all Inequalities with thesmaller Trnnchions, till it lie very close, and be perfectly and evenly««aped. This done, take Straw, Haume, or Fern, and lay it on theout-side of the Bottom of the Heap, or Wood, to keep the next Coverfrom falling amongst the Sticks Upon this put on the Turf, and Caston the c Dujt and Rubbijh which was grabbed and raked up at the Wak-'i? °Y t ^ ie Hearth, and reserved near the Circle Of it; With this coverthe whole Heap of Wood to the very Top of the Fit or Tunnel, to arealonable and competent Thickness, beaten close and even, that so thet*rre may not vent but in the Places where you intend it; and if in5? e S”2. g r- tlle dearth, at first, there did not rife sufficient Turf andU j£_ f°r this Work, supply it from some convenient Place near toThere be who cover this again with a sandy, or finer, .°V ^ " close well, need not be above an Inch or two

fst J? J™ 9 j^ 0ne J P r °vide a Screen, by making sight Hurdles with"inrl U° f tr ? w of a competent Thickness, to keep off the Wind,

T an 7r>! 1 '^ enough to defend an opposite Side to the very

op o your Fit, being eight or nine Foot ; and so as to be easily re-

m °xm/ 3S neCC ^ require, for the Lumg of your Fit.

When now all is in this Posture, and the Wood well ranged, andclosed, as has been directed, set Fire to your Heap : But first you mustprovide you of a Ladder to ascend the Top of your Fit : This theyusually make of a curved Tiller , fit to apply to the convex Shape oftrw./foa£>, and cut it full of Notches, for the more commodious settingtneir Beet, whiles they govern the Fire above; therefore now theypull up and take away the Stake which was erected at the Centre, toguide the building of the File and Cavity of the Tunnel: This done,put in a Quantity of Char-coals (about a Feck ) and let them fall to theBottom of the Hearth’, upon them cast in Coals that are fully kindled;and when those which were first put in are beginning to fink, throw inmore Fuel ; and so, from Time to Time, till the Coals have univer-sally taken Fire up to the Top ; then cut an ample and reasonable. lc k Turf and clap it over the Hole, or Mouth of the Tunnel, ftop-P ln g it as close as may be with some of the former Dust and Rubbish :~? m y> With the Handles of your Rakers, or the like, you must makeRe 0 ers ( as our Chymisis would name them) through

^ whlch covers your Heap to the very Wood, these in Rangers

of