_Fig. 1._ A reel with two iron bars, made use of to double the
wire, and cut the doubled wire twice the length required for
fixing the corks in the bottles.
_Fig. 2._ A small machine for twisting the wire one-third of its
length after having been doubled by fig. 1.
_Fig. 3._ An instrument for compressing (and, as it were, biting)
the corks three quarters of their length, beginning at the
smallest end.
_Fig. 4._ A stool stuffed with straw, furnished with a wooden
stand on which the bottles may be placed to be tied. The same
stool will serve to sit on during the corking.
_Fig. 5._ A hollow block of wood, called a bottle-boot
(Casse-Bouteille), within which the bottle is set when it is to
be corked. This bottle-boot is furnished with a strong bat for
beating in the corks.
_Fig. 6._ A front and side view of pointed pincers, used for
twisting the wire employed to keep on the corks, and for cutting
off the superfluous ends of the wire. I make use of flat pincers
and scissars for this operation.
[Illustration: _Neele sc. Strand_
_London Published 25^{th}. Feb^y. 1811 by Black & C^o. Leadenhall Str._]