104 SKETCHES AY A PRACTISING ARCHITECT. 



rienced information, and grouted every third course 

 with a sufficiency of penetrating supervision. Carry 

 up the walls of your superstructure to such an altitude 

 as the solidity of your basement will allow, so that no 

 settlements in the former shall betray the insufficiency 

 of the latter. Wherever the strength of solidity is to 

 be interfered with by the open work of fancy, turn 

 inverted arches of provisional and precautionary care. 

 Construct all flues round the circular cores of upward 

 purpose, so that any occasional fire in your patron's 

 temper may be carried off in smoke. The whole of 

 the masonry to be laid in mortar well compounded of 

 one third good intentions and two thirds executive 

 power. The outside face of all walls to be cemented 

 with a pervading expression of cheerfulness, which, if 

 all preceding directions be observed, will not behe the 

 facts concealed. 



Carpenter and Joiner. 

 Roof to be framed with kin^ and queen posts ; 

 staunch principles (principal rasters,) and a binding 

 beam, that may serve at once to render firm the body 

 of the building, while it forms a part of its protective 

 covering. The whole to be strongly bolted together 

 with well tempered determinations, so that the slating 

 which is to cover the whole may be adequately sup- 

 ported in its opposition to the winds and the rains of 

 fortune's tempests. Partitions of sufficient scantling 

 to show the existence and distinct importance of the 

 numerous departments of architectural science. Floors 

 of competent strength to bear the pressure of your 

 knowledge in each department. Decorative joinery 

 and necessary fittings, as may be admissible or requi- 

 site throughout the building, to evince your coexistant 

 feeling for the elegant and the useful, with a due 

 supply of locks, bolts, and bars, to prevent the inroads 

 of dishonesty or impertinent curiosity. 



Plumber, Painter, and Glazier. 

 Provide and fix all required pipes of a sufficient bore 

 to prevent the stagnation or settlement of " fortune's 

 rain" as aforesaid ; and turn as much of it as possible 



