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 370 Sloan's Architectural Review and Builders' Journal. [Dec, bell-trap at the sink, -where the waste water enters ; and by a well-trap short of the inlet to the drain. All drains should be so constructed, as to admit of being opened for the purpose of cleansing, without breaking them, and of the displaced portion being afterwards replaced. Each cottage should be provided with the means of collecting and filtering the rain-water from the roof; and thus be independent of any other supply, the more especially, as rain-water is the purest of all water. Walls. The Walls of cottages may be formed of a great variety of materials, and the nature of the material used is a fertile source of variety and beauty. Wood is the most susceptible of archi- tectural ornamentation at the least ex- pense. Some persons object to it, as requiring frequent painting, being com- bustible, and perishable. Stone or brick foundations are always to be recommended, even where cellars are not to be used ; and by keeping the wooden frame well up from the ground, the objection as to perishability may be greatly lessened. The walls are either clap-boarded or vertical-boarded. A very tasty effect may be produced by clap-boarding, say two feet six inches high, and shingling the remainder, up to the eaves ; the shingles to have the corners cut off, to any desired shape ; or slate can be very advantageously substituted, and so ar- ranged, as to produce a very pleasing effect, and at about the same cost. The accompanying designs may be constructed in either stone or brick. The walls, if of stone, should be four- teen inches thick ; and, if of brick, eight inches. The plan is arranged thus: The Living-room, marked A, has two bed- rooms at its rear, kitchen on the left, and hall entrance on the right. The second, or half-story, gives bed-rooms over each of these.