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 MILLS, KILNS, M.ALT-HOUSES, ETC. 1U8 577 ssa course ; b, the Pulborough stone paving of the wheel sweep ; c, the paving, forming the commencement of the sweep, under the buckets of the breast wheel, of Bargate stone (a species of hard limestone found in the neighbourhood of Godalming, more durable than the Pulborough stone, but not a fi-eestone, and consequently worked by fracture, called heading or hammer-dressing, and not by the saw and chisel) ; d, e, f, and z?, are pieces of oak for supporting the axle of the water-wheel. Fig. 1109 is a plan of 1109 the stone floor ; z z z are the continuation of the posts for supporting the floor above h h h are trap doors for raising or lowering sacks of corn or flour ; ?, the stair oi step