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FENCES. 175

the boards by withs. Did you ever notice
a board fence made with withs?”

‘No, sir,” said Rollo.

“They drive down two stakes where the
ends of one length of the fence are to come;
one stake is on one side of the fence, and
the other upon the other. Then, after put-
ting in the lower boards, they bind in a with,
made of long, slender twigs, directly over the
upper edge of the lower board, in a very
curlous way, so as to bind the two stakes
together, and also to furnish a support for
the second board. The third or upper board
is supported in the same manner. Thus
they save all expense for nails, and they do
not have to dig post holes; for stakes that
are sharpened and driven down with an axe
will answer.

“A more substantial way is to set posts,
and nail the boards to the posts; and then
they generally nail a narrow piece up and
down the posts so as to cover and conceal
the ends of the boards.”

By the time Mr. Holiday had got so far as
this, in his descriptions, the children were
on the watch for the different kinds of fences,
as they passed along the road. ‘They ob-