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 64-2 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1224 water : the ingredients are then to be simmered till tender, and a few peas, a little rice, or Scotch barley, may also casually be added. " Could the ploughman's wife (equally interested) be only induced to pique herself a little on a knowledge of simple cookery, then, and with other corresponding economy, would the poor but healthful man's life be comparatively a heaven on earth ; then, from his daily avocations con- stantly returning, with the utmost relish, to his healthy and thriving children, would he consider his home as his best and only asylum, and his industrious careful wife his most deserving friend and companion. Then would he partake of enjoyment in his repasts unknown to the most luxurious epicure ; and only procurable by the constant toil allotted him as his indispensable portion in life." {Bath Society's Papers, vol. xii. p. 372.) We have quoted the above, in the anxious hope that some of our readers will convey Mr. Tugwell's useful instructions to their poor neighbours, who -lo not know how to make the most of what they already possess. Half the enjoyments of the poor are lost for want of a little knowledge of cookery, which, indeed, ought to be taught them at school, with other female works, agreeably to the German practice. Design VII. — A Cottage for a Farm Labourer with several Children; or a Bothy (a Booihie, or little Booth) for three unmarried Ploughmen, 1357. Accommodation. There is a cellar floor for storing roots and fuel, and for keeping milk, beer, or other liquors. The ground floor, fig. 1225, contains an entrance porcli, a ; living-room, b, sixteen feet by twelve feet, with fireplace, oven, and boiler, as in fig. 1218; a pantry, c; staircase to cellars and bed-room, d; privy, e; place for ashes,/; another for fuel, g ; and another for refuse not convertible either into fuel or manure, h. Fig. 1226 is the bed-room floor, in which are shown, a bed-room, nine feet by twelve feet, v;ith a fireplace, A; and two others without fireplaces, A A. Fig. 1227 shows the elevation. 1358. The Construction of this Design is the same, in all respects, as the last; the difference being confined to length : the breadth and height, and consequently the thickness of the walls, and the details of the roof, are the same as before. 1359. General Estimate. Cubic contents, 8,017 feet; which, at 3rf. per foot, is £100 : 4s. 3(f. ; at 2^., £66 : 16s. 2d; and at l^rf., £50 : 2s. : l^d.