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39&#93; SCY SCY [39 cies, it occurred to an ingenious struAlon of which is represented black-smith, to add a coUeSior or in the annexed Cut. gatherer, made of cloth, the con- a, l, Cj, is a cpmraon scythe. c,d,m,l,o,J,n,e, is the gatherer; which at c, d, e, is composed of a thin iron plate j having a cavity at its extremity, for receivipg the point of the blade. At e, d, are holes for sewing in the cloth, which is light, coarse and cheap : it is likewise fixed to two thick iron wires, the upper of which is con- tinued to f, where it terminates in a hohj in the handle : — the other is secured to the back of the blade. The method of fixing the gatherer to such blade, will be more clearly understood by referring to the small detached figure, delineated in the Cut above given, and repre- D 4 sent-