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       THE CARPENTER.
   THERE are two kinds of Carpenters,
the House Carpenter and Ship Carpenter.
The wood which they principally make
use of is deal, oak, elm, and mahoga-
ny; but chiefly deal. The rules in Car-
pentry are much the same as those in
Joinery; the only difference is that Car-
pentry includes the larger and rougher
kinds of work, and that part which is
most material to the construction and
stability of an edifice; while J oinery
comprehends the interior finishing and
ornamental wood-work: but most of those
who are brought up to the trade are
both Carpenters and Joiners.
  The Carpenter makes use of a variety
of tools, such as saws, planes, chisels
hammers, hatchets, axes, awls, gimblets,
&c. Common workmen are obliged to
find their own tools, a set of which is
worth from ten to twenty pounds, and
upwards: but for different kinds of moulA-
ings, for beadsand fancy-work, the mas-
ter Carpenter supplies his men with the ne-
cessary implements, and also furnishes them
with a quantity of different kinds of screws,
nails,hooks, &c This art consists in planing,
sawing, mortising, scribing, moulding, &c.
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