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From this ic is alſo Plain, that the gather forward may eaßily be either in- creaſed or diminiſhed, by the manner in which the axle is fixed on, and that a proportionable difference will, at the ſame time be made on the gather below, or wideneſs on the road.

Maſters and drivers ſhould be careful to keep the ſhafts always about the ſame height, by the manner of yoking the horſes, becauſe ſome alteration will be made by every change The buyer of a cart ſhould get from the maker a note of the difference between the height of the wheels, and the height of the back band, to which the cart was adjuſted, or the workman ſhould be enjoined to adjuſt the cart in this reſped in the manner which the buyer may think

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