Scheme for Excavating a Ditch
Labour estimate for digging a ditch, with part of a map sketch
The leaf carries a scheme for the excavation of a ditch: a note reckons how sixteen men raise a shovelful of earth to the full height of the ditch, headed by the figures 16 and 24. Faint sketches of the digging arrangement accompany it. A scalloped outline at the lower left belongs to a cartographic sketch continued onto folio 83r.
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Sixteen men raising earth from a ditch
The note plans the labour of excavating a ditch, taking sixteen men who each lift a shovelful of earth up to the top of the ditch's height. The figures 16 and 24 head the calculation of the work.
Part of a cartographic sketch
A wavy, scalloped outline at the lower left belongs to a cartographic sketch that continues onto folio 83r. No place-names are transcribed on this portion.