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 MODEL DESIGNS FOR FARMERIES. 844 413 when the occupiers of mansions, whose approach roads are guarded by entrance lodges and gates, will so far study the comforts of their gatekeepers as to introduce this piece of mechanism, or something better, to prevent the necessity of their getting out of bed to 845 I^ r^ n — ^ open the gate in the night-time. In Germany the toll-bar or beam (schlagbaum) is balanced by a weight at one end, and the other is held down by a cord, which passes under one pulley and over another into the bed-room of the gatekeeper ; who, without rising from his bed, pushes out through a small opening a long-handled iron ladle, in which he receives the toll, and, afterwards untying the cord, the weight raises the bar, and the traveller passes through. 832. A Gate with a Puzzle Latch, to serve as a Substitute for a Lock, fig. 846, is in use on the estate of R. Bevan, Esq., Rougham, Suffolk, and the following description of it has been sent us by Mr. John Levett. The latch, a, is fastened by a brace, with a screw bolt and nut to the head of the gate, and it works on the joint b. When this latch is drawn back by pressure on the top of a, it raises the rod c, which is connected with the catch d at e. The catch d being now raised, the pin f, fixed in the head of the gate, is allowed to pass, and the gate is opened. The catch d, and plate for the rod, marked c, are fastened to the post with four screw nails and two screw bolts.