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II "t n M II n ii^- 11 ■i II ^ m complete, with its base, m ; shaft, n ; capital, o ; and capping, p. Wherever a " tall boy " (see § 432. ) is required to make a chimney draw, we would enclose it with brick or stone, in this, or in some similar manner, and thus get rid of those house-top de- formities so cleverly ridiculed in the Mechanic's Magazine, vol. xvLi. p. 316. " How generally," says this writer, " do we see fine terminations become pedestals for every foul thing in the shape of a cowl, a mitred, a caped, an uncaped, a vandyked, a per- forated, a conical, a crooked, or a straight, " tall boy; " or to support a black pot, or a red pot, or some of the numerous devices which start up in such great jjrofiision and variety, as soon as a new house is inhabited, or an old one changes its tenant : thus, as it were, proclaiming from the house-top, that the Architect and builder have been unsuccessful, and that some variety or other of the tinker's or potter's whims, to charm or coax out the smoke, has pre- vailed." What are called the genteel cottages about London, indeed, are, in this respect, a disgrace to their Architects and builders. The cow-house, hay- shed, and piggery are supposed to be of studwork, weather-boarded, and roofed with pantiles. The ceiling of the living-room is curbed, or coved at the sides (see the section fig. 412), by which means some addition is made to its height from the roof. Further details of construction will be found in the following specification and estimate ; which, it may be observed, does not include the cow-house, hay-shed, and pigsty; the ingenious contributors of this Design, Messrs. W. and H. Laxton, considering that the occupant might be able, with a little assistance from a carpenter, to erect these additions at his leisure hours. The prices stated in the esti- mate, we should observe, are calculated for the neighbourhood of London, in the year 1832. 464. Bricklayer and Digger's Work, To build the walls, as shown in the plan, one brick thick, with one brick and a half footing, one foot high : — £ Five rods of reduced stock brickwork, at ^12 per rod 60 ; Twenty-four yards and a half superficial of brick nogging flat, to the partitions on the ground-floor, at 3s. : Sd. per yard 3 ; Two yards superficial of stock brick paving laid flat, for the closet or coal cellar under the stairs, at 2s. : 3f/. per yard ; Two hundred and fifty-two feet superficial of foot tile paving to the kitchen, dairy, and fire-places, at 6d. per foot 6 : Twenty-five feet lineal of eight-inch draining pipes, and digging for laying them, from the water-closet and sinkhole, to a tank in the yard, or some other part of the grounds,** Is. per foot 1 • A cast-iron basin and trap to the water-diset, figs. 413, 414, and 415 O : 10 s. d. 0: 19 : 8 4 : 6 6 : 5 :