he others ; with this they cut out the harder veins . The eye in the first tool is one palm distant from the upper end , in the second and third it is seven digits distant ; each swells out around the eye on both sides , and into it they fit a wooden handle , which they hold with one hand , while… … A — First “ iron tool . ” B — Second . C — Third . D — Fourth . 1 E — Wedge . F — Iron block . G — Iron plate . H — Wooden handle . I — Handle inserted in first tool . A wedge is usually three palms and two digits long and six digits wide ; at the upper end , for a distance of a palm , it is three…
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