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The three sides of this cut as many sides of the block, the bottom being torn out, or a second workman in the ditch cuts out the blocks of a proper thickness by horizontal thrusts of a sharp spade. In Ireland the "slane" is employed, a common form of which is seen in fig. 2, it being a long narrow spade, 20 x 6 in., with a wing at right angles to the blade.
The three sides of this cut as many sides of the block, the bottom being torn out, or a second workman in the ditch cuts out the blocks of a proper thickness by horizontal thrusts of a sharp spade. In Ireland the "slane" is employed, a common form of which is seen in fig. 2, it being a long narrow spade, 20 x 6 in., with a wing at right angles to the blade.