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 478 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 956 _ftet by arrow-heads ; and the water thus collected passes under the privy into a drain, r, which also receives the water from the sink-stone, s. 965. Construction, The walls are of freestone ; the exterior angles, and all the jambs of the doors and windows being worked, and the lintels and sills of one piece. Fig. 955 is an elevation of the front of the house, in which a porch is shown, which is formed of stone pilasters. Fig. 957 is a cross section of the stable, showing the manger, a; racks, h ; and the floor, perfectly level, c. Fig. 958 is a section across the division walls, d, and double cribs of the fold-yard ; by which it appears that the posts, e, into which are let. the ends of the rails to which the spokes of the cribs are nailed, are of stone, and that the cribs are divided into short lengths by cross rails at top, let into the posts, e, and the wall, d. Fig. 959 is a section across a single crib.