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H A Z A pater.' tnted in Febru- ary, L801, to Mr. W ILL1 IM I.ks- tkk, of Cotton End, Northamp- tonshire, tor his improved ei for cutting hay, straw, tobacco, &:c. of which we shall give afar'* eher account under the head of Stuaw-C'i'TTKK. Hay-w atkk, or Hay -tea. See vol. i. p. 423. H A 1 S, signify a particular kind of net, for taking rabbits, hares, &C. As rabbits frequently stra abroad at mid-day for fresh grass, two or three- ot these nets aire di- rected to In: pitched at the entrance of their barrows. The sportsman then goes round their haunts with a dog, and drives them into their burrows, -where an assistant s them as tin y enter. HAZKL-NUT TREE, or Co- ry lus, L. a genus of plants consist- ing of four species : oik; of these i-. a native of Britain, namely, the '. : ina, or Common Hazel-nut tree. It grows in woods, eopses, and hedges ; flowers in March or April. All the different species of the hazel are large, hardy, and deci- duous shrubs ; they have several varieties, valuable for their fruit, which, in a cultivated state, is known under the name of lerts. These shrubs prosper in almost any soil, or situation ; and may be propagated either by layers, or by planting their nuts in February ; for which purpose the latter should be preserved in sand, in a moist cellar, inaccessible to vermin ; but they should not be secluded from the external air, for want of which they will become mouldy. "When reared in coppices, this shrub pro- duces abundance of uuderwood, IT A 2 [445 that may be cut ev< rv 5th, ,~th, or sth year, according to ;'. ned. The iiirs of this wood are vari- ous : it is employed lor pol« ;, hoops for barrels, spars, hu handles for implements of 1ms- handry, walking-sticks, fishing- . &C Where beautiful speci- mens are required for veneering or staining, the roots of the hazel-mlt tree are preferable to the branches. In Italy, the chips are used for lin- ing turbid wines; and in countries ■ yeast is scarce, the twigs of this shrub, dried, and afterwards ! in the fermenting liquor, , 1 substitute for that article in brewing. Painters and engravers prepare coals for drawing outlines, from the wood of this plant, by the following process : Pieci s of dri#d hazel, about the thickness of a lin- ger, and 4 or 5 inches in length, are put into a larg : pot fill* 1 with sand', and the. top of which is closely covered with clay. In this live- lier they are placed in a potter's oven, or otherwise exposed to a surnoieiMr degree of heat; and, on cooling, the sticks are found to be converted into charcoal, which freely, and is easily effaced with India-rubber. According to Ilvelyk, no plant is beiier calculated for thickening copse ; ■ .- 1 he haze! ; with this be recommends the following ( . iitiousniethod'j Take a pole of hazle (for which ash or poplar btuted) of 20 or 10 feet in length, the head of which is somewhat lopped into the ground ; the pole should likewise be chopped near the soil, in order to make it yield : thus fastened to the earth with a hook or two, and covered with fresh mould sufficiently < it will produce an incalculable : num- ber