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 VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 855 further aided by a good ventilator, in, or close under, the kitchen ceiling, directly over the fireplace, communicating with an air flue, in close contact with the smoke flue. When there is most cooking, there will be most fire, and, consequently, most heat in the smoke-flue ; and this heat, operating upon the air in the air-flue, will increase its draught, and, consequently, the carrying off of smells in proportion. An outer ventilator, or an iron grating, or iron brick, as they are called, see fig. 1499, in the lower part of the side wall, should always be introduced in connection with such interior air-flues or venti- lators, in order to increase their action ; because, where much air is carried off, much also must enter, in order to supply its place. There should be shut- ters, or regulating valves, of brass or iron, to both ventilators ; the valve for the ventilator close under the ceiling, should have two handles or arms to the centre pivot, to be worked by two strings, as indicated in fig. 1500; or there may be a pulley-wheel affixed to the centre, and an endless cord brought over it, and worked in a pulley rack, like a common window-blind. The green-house is very conveniently and economically heated from the kitchen-fire ; we should not object to its being made wider and longer, so as to range with the south and east fronts of the building. The effect of the tower is excellent, and its windows harmonise well with those of the dining-room and the green-house, and with the openings of the porch. Design X. — A Cottage FiUa, showing how Advantage may he taken of a sloping Bank. 1776. Accommodation. The general appearance is given in fig. 1502; fig. 1501 shows the ground plan of the principal floor, which contains a porch, a j an entrance lobby, b ; •t_. staircase, c; dining-room, d, 18 feet by 16 feet 6 inches, and 12 feet high; drawing- room, 19 feet and a half by 17 feet, e; business room or library, /; sitting-room, g; kitchen, h ; serv'ants' room, i ; water-closet, k ; closets fitted up with shelving, 11; and