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 12 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE k, Sunk area, before the cellar windows. /, A situa- tion in which a bath may be placed, to be supplied with hot water from the boiler, e, or thecast-ironbox over the oven, f, or with cold water from the reserve tank, g. m, The re- ceiving tank, which, in ad- dition to the pipe from the roof, has ano- ther pipe from the inside, with a funnel, into which a supply may be poured for filtration, from the pump (»i,in Design I.), in times of great drought, or at any time when the reserve tank is exhausted.- w. Waste pipe from this tank, communicating with the drain pipe. 0, Drain pipe, communicating with the well, with plug-holes connected with the cess- pools {s, in Design I). p, Filtering tank, consisting of sand and charcoal, placed on a false bottom, raised three or four inches above the bottom of the tank. q. Reserve tank for the filtered water, communicating by a cock with the sink, r, and the sink having a stink-trap (see fig. 13, d, in p. 18,) connected with a waste pipe, s, which joins the drain pipe, o. t, Foundations of the out-buildings, shown in Design I. by/, g, h, i, k, I, and m. u, Tank, or well of water for general purposes, and for supplying the filtering tank in times of extraordinary drought. 20. The Section showing the depth of tkeflttes and the cast-iron box over the oven for heating water, is represented in fig. 4. This section is taken in the line G H, in fig. 3, and the object is to show the depth of the flues ; the double cover and vacuity between the covers a.t g ; the cast-iron box of hot water, k ; the cock for draw- ing water from it, and for emptying and cleaning it, / ; the situation of (he small lid for filling it, m ; the oven, 7i ; the copper, o ; the natural sur- face of the ground, p ; and the surface of the platform, or terrace, q. 21. The Section showing the height of the rooms, and other particulars, is given infig.5. Thissection ifiUken in the direction of the line I K, in Design I, and it shows the following particulars:—