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 098 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. bed, all the doors may be wholly or partially closed, so as to put out the fire, or keep it barely alive. This description of stove has also the farther advantages, that it increases the draught of slow-drawing or smoky chimneys ; and that, in summer, when f.res are not wanted, it may he shut close, to prevent the descent of air from the chinmej into the room. By filling in the panels of the shutters with talc ins.ead of iron, a very perfect description of fireplace might be formed ; and, while many of the advantages of a close stove might be obtained, the English prejudices in favour of the sight of the fire might still be gratified. This might also be done, and, at the same time, safety and ventilation insured, if the panels were filled in with brass wire. 1459. In the Sculleri/ or Back- Kitchen of an inn, a large sink will 133- be required, of which there are numerous convenient kinds made in cast iron. Fig. 1332 is manu- factured by IVIr. INIallet of Dublin. It has three divisions ; a is a com- mon sink, from which the water or other fluid rims away without impediment through the adjacent column or support; b is a trough, which may be filled with water for washing vegetables, and which is furnished with a plug and waste-pipe at bottom; c is an inclined plane grooved on the surface, for draining vegetables, fish, &c. ; and d d are cocks for supplying water. Side- tables or dressers, either in the kitchen or scullery, or in any of the other apartments connected with them, may be fixed to the %vall, and supported by cast-iron brackets, fig. 1333, in the manner recommended for cottage and farm furniture- 1333 Kitchen tables are generally formed of the wood of the ash, as being white, hard, and durable. SuBSECT. 2. Of the Finishing, Fittings-np, Fixtures, and Furniture for the other Offices of Inns. 14G0. The general Store-room is fitted up with large presses and drawers for the bed- room linen and for furniture, such as curtains, table-covers, &c., not in common use. The carpets, mats, and floorcloths of different descriptions are kept in closets on the particular floors to which they belong. Li tlie general store-room are also kept all groceries, and other dry goods usually purchased in large quantities. Coffee, pepper, and spice mills are fixtures generally placed here, or, in small inns, in the bar-room. A napkin press, fig. 1334, is one of the most useful articles of inn furniture, since table- cloths, napkins, towels, &c., after having been used, but not soiled, if neatly folded and pressed, may be made to look as if newly washed and mangled. 1461. The Larder ought to be in a cool shady situation, and should be well ventilated by windows or other openings on, at least, two sides, covered with wire or hairclotl)s; and also by openings or flues from the ceiling or top of the side walls, conducted to the side of some chimney, in which there is constantly kept a fire ; in order that the heat of the smoke flue, by passing through to the air flue, may create a continual draught through the larder. In complete inns, there are separate larders for butcher's meat, fresh and cooked, venison, game, fish, and even vegetables : there ought also to be a salting-room, and a house for smoking hams, tongues, &c. The fish larder has a well or cistern for ice, in which fish are kept during summer, with troughs of water for