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 PAROCHIAL COUNTRY SCHOOLS. 743 for the master and mistress ; c, sitting-room, 1 3 feet by 1 1 feet 6 inches, and 8 feet Ugh) 1387 with a fireplace ; d, bed-room, 13 feet by 9 feet 6 inches ; e, upper or girls' school, 12 feet 6 inches high at the Bides, and 18 feet high at the ridge, as shown in the section, fig. 1388 ; /, stove, with iron pipe from the stove in the lower or boys' school. The girl's schoolroom, in addition to the windows, is ventilated by circular lights filled with lufFer-boards in the pediments ; by which the heated air, that would otherwise accumulate among the rafters and other timbers of the roof, will be carried off. 1577. Construction. In the plan of the foundations, fig. 1389, are seen, a, the drain built in cement to the girls' privy ; h, the di'ain to the boys' privy ; c, drain from the girls' yard, or play-ground; d, cesspool to the privies ; e, drain from the boys' yard ; f, drain from the foundations of the committee-room ; g, drain from the sink in the underground kitchen ; h, dresser and shelves m the kitchen ; t, foundations for four cast-iron pillars to support the girders of the floor of the girls' school ; and k, foundations for the sleepers. Fig. 1 388 is a section on the line A B, in the ground plan, fig. 1386, in which are shown, g g, masses of concrete, 2 feet 6 inches deep, and 2 feet wider than the bottom of the footing, to be used where the foundation is of soft wet clay ; h, cast- iron columns, 3 inches and a half in diameter, to support the girders and floor of the upper schoolroom; i, yard fence wall, a brick and a half or 13 inches and a half thick for 2 feet above the ground, and above that one brick or 9inches thick, with piers of the widtli of the lower part of the wall, at the distance of 8 feet centre from centre ; k is the floor of the boys' schoolroom ; I, the floor of the girls' schoolroom ; and Wi^,r,,,///,M/m