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 COTTAGE DWELLINGS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 151 vvrought-iron rod fixed on it at a pulls the brass chain through the puUoy b, that lommunicates with the crank c; to which a wire is attached, that runs along as sliown in the figure, between c and d. The crank d pulls down the lever e, which lifts tlie valvej^ and consequently admits the water from the cistern through the small pipeg, 271 270 tiie crank c, also on a large scale. Fig. 272 is an enlarged view of the crank d. The cross pieces of the cranks for the reception of the screw nails are of iron japanned, and the other parts of the cranks are of brass. Fig. 273 represents the wrought-iron rod a, which IS fixed on the door, and to which the chain is attached. Fig. 274 shows the sprint" 273 274 'SS=r> ^ that shuts the door, in which h is a roller moving on the iron plate i, nailed to the door. It is almost superfluous to add that the whole of the water of the roof may be conveyed to the supply cistern, by connecting the outer eaves' gutters with the inner ones, by means of pipes carried along the party walls, immediately under the roof; that one of Siebe's pumps may be used for supplying this cistern in times of great drought ; or that the water, when filtered, mav be preserved cool in an underground tank. § 151, fig. 119. 304. Manure Tank. The importance of manure to a cottager's garden ought never to be lost sight of; every means ought to be made use of to collect it ; and for this purpose not a drop of soap-suds or of foul water ought to be lost ; but the cess-pool, provided in tliis design, is much too small, and very incon- veniently situated for being emptied ; not to speak of its proximity to the well of pure water. We would recommend a larger cess-pool in one of the gardens, connected with the one in the j'ard by a barrel drain, and conveniently situated for dis- tributing its contents among the difltrent gardens. We recommend attention to what we have before observed on this subject, when de- scribing Design I. 305. The Cistern in the wash- house should be raised at least eight feet from the floor; and, besides supplying the water-closets, it may communicate with a filter of a simple construction, from which water may be drawn at pleasure for the pur- poses of cookery or washing. This filtermay be thus constructed: — Fig. 275, k, represents the cistern ; /, a cask ; containing the filtering ma- terial at m, a space for the deposi- tion of impurities from the water to be filtered, at n, and for the filtered w-ater at o. This cask is connected with the supply cistern by the pipe
 * o the basin. Fig. 270 shows the brass pulley, b, on a large scale. Fig. 271 represents