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 192 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. measure lost in the atmosphere. The divisions g and h should obviously be transposed; because the one would be improved by heat, and the other injured by it. In the chamber floor, a division wall is shown, so as to give to eacli liouse its portion of the balcony ; but this division wall appears by the shading to be entirely omitted in the elevation. A pro- tecting railing is also wanting to this balcony, and the windows in the elevation should 336 come down to the floor. Finally, the chimney stacks are too low, and the shaftii too short, for grandeur and elegance of effect. We would change the plan as in fig. 336, and the elevation as in fig. 337. Design LVIII. — A Labourers Cottage of Two Pooms, with other Conveniences- 385. Accommodation. The plan, fig. 338, shows a porch, a; kitchen, b ; with pantry, c ; bed-room, d ; and light bed- 338 closet, e. The privy and other conveniences, such as pigsty, cow-house, &c., are supposed to be placed in a small yard at a short distance. 386. Construction. The walls may be built of compressed earth. The floors should be formed by loose stones, and finished with a mixture of quick- lime and sharp sand ; on the supposition that this construc- tion in the given situation would not be too cold for the inhabit- ants. In a country where bricks are to be obtained at a moderate cost, the piers of the doors and windows, and the inner sides of the walls, might be built of them ; and the main body of the