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 2(1'^ COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTUKE. 544 has made a great number, has sent us several Designs, of which fig. 545 is a corner sink, suitable for cottages. Sinks are also frequently made of wood, lined with lead or zinc. A sink, of whatever materials it may be constructed, should always either be raised on masonry, or placed on an iron or wooden stand, so as to have the upper edge about two feet and a half from the ground ; and it should be fixed near a window, on account of the light. Where practicable, there should be a cock with a supply of water immediately over it ; and, at all events, there should be a waste-pipe from it, leading to a drain, the orifice being protected by a bell stink-trap, as already described, § 237. 608. Fixed Waah-hand Basins, Washing- Troughs, and Slabs are little required in plain cottages ; we shall therefore defer what we have to say of them, till we come to treat of fixtures for villas. Fig. 545, given as a corner sink, would make a very good fixed wash-hand basin. 609. A Towel Roller ought to be placed on the back of the kitchen-door of every cottage ; or, if not on the back of the door, it should be near the sink or fixed wash- hand basin. It is formed of deal, or any common wood, fig. 546, to a scale of one inch 546 to a foot, and consists of a roller with a gudgeon, or small pin, at each end, which pins work in sockets cut out of brackets fixed to a door, or to any other perpendicular surftice. One of these brackets, a, has its socket cut through, to admit of taking out and putting in the roller, when the towel requires to be changed ; the other, b, has merely a circular hole cut into one side. 6iO. A Hail for Taivels, fig- 547, to a scale of an inch to a foot, is a fixture suitable for 547 either bed-rooms or kitchens : it requires no description beyond the inspection of the figure ; and may be nailed to a wall, to a door, or to the side of a wardrobe or cliest of drawers. This rttff should be made of strong wood, and painted of the same colour as