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needfor some improvement. There is a small perforation in the side of the 

 case into which a funnel made for the purpose may be fitted. To pour 

 in water is a slow and tedious operation, and the little that is sure 

 to trickle down the woodwork, leaves an unsightly stain. Suppose the 

 side of the case in which the perforation occurs to be moveable, we 

 should take it away, have easy access to the boiler, there would be a 

 saving of time and an escape from the spoiling of a breadth of good 

 mahogany. 



Several correspondents have asked for a hint about putting these 

 cases on better feet than they have in the first instance. I am indebted 

 to the skill of my carpenter for the excellent manner in which mine are 

 mounted, and I very much regret I cannot furnish a better drawing 

 than the one annexed, for it gives no idea of the respectable appearance 



which the case has when so mounted. The frame figured is one on 

 which stands a case measuring three feet long, two feet high, and 

 eighteen inches wide. The frame consists of a skirting-board, A, with 

 neatly-moulded top edge, six inches in depth, mounted on four neat but 

 strong legs, which are fitted with good brass castors, all wooden and 

 iron castors being rubbish. From the ground to the top edge of the 

 skirting-board the measurement is seventeen inches. The case does not 

 stand on this frame, but in it, that is to say, it rests on the half-inch 

 ledge, B, which extends all round inside, and which is added to at the 

 corners by the blocks, C, which are^placed there to add to the strength of 

 the frame. The advantage of this mode of mounting is not in appear- 

 ance only, though that is of some importance in an article intended for 

 the adornment of a chamber. One important advantage is the ease with 

 which the case can be moved about : an immoveable case is almost a 

 nuisance. The engraver has forgotten to add the castors. 



There is another improvement of a minor kind which we have 

 adopted, and that is, making all parts of the case as moveable as the 

 front, by means of hooks and eyes. It is easily done. Take out the 

 screws by which the back and the sides are kept together, and fit the 

 corners with hooks and eyes, the same as those which hold the front 

 glass in its place. If you want to make any alteration at the back, 

 turn the case round, and the glass side can be taken out in an instant. 



