290 TRANSACTIONS OF KOYAL SCOTTISH AU130RICULTUKAL SOCIKTY. 



of two measures of clean sliai-p sand to one of lime, thoroughly 

 beaten up before being used. 



Foundations. — The foundation courses will be laid with large 

 flat bedded stones, averaging G feet in area, and 7 to 9 inches 

 thick, bedded and packed with stone chips and lime mortar, and 

 forming scarcements on each side of the walls as shown, the inside 

 scarcements being carried up to bear the ends of sleeper joists 

 where required. 



Walls. — The whole of the walls will be built of the best descrip- 

 tion of rubble work, to the forms and dimensions shown on the 

 plan, having band-stones in every foot in height, extending two- 

 thirds of the thickness of the walls, built from the outside and 

 inside alternately, and not more than 5 feet apart. All walls to be 

 thoroughly packed and hearted with stone chips and lime mortar, 

 and to be levelled at every 20 inches in height for bond-timber, and 

 also at height shown on plan for joists and roof timbers, and to be 

 filled close up to the sarking after the roof is put on. All to be 

 close harl-pointed inside, and the outside harling will be clean- 

 jointed and cut off. Foundation walls will be built under wooden 

 partitions, and sleeper walls will be built under centre of sleeper 

 joists in parlour and sitting-room. These walls to be carefully 

 built and levelled for wall-plates. 



Dressed Tro?7c.— All rybats, scuntions, and corners will be 9 

 inches on the heads, 22 inches long, not less than 7 inches or more 

 than 14 inches high. Door and window rybats will be checked, 

 the former 2\ inches and the latter 3 inches, built out-and-in band, 

 and to have o-inch droved heads and 3-inch margins, with stop 

 chamfers 1| inches broad. Lintels will be checked and dressed to 

 correspond with rybats, and window-sills droved and weathered. 

 Mullions of parlour and sitting-room will be in single stones, 6 

 inches broad on face, 5 inches deep, droved and chamfered as 

 described. Upstarts of dormer windows will be in single stones, 8 

 inches broad on face, 22 inches deep, checked, droved, and 

 chamfered. Chimney heads and corners to have 1^-inch droved 

 margins. Co[)ing of chimney-tops to be formed of two stones 9 

 inches thick, droved, and cramped together with iron bats run in with 

 lead, and pointed in mastic. All chimneys, except kitchen, to have 

 polished freestone jambs and lintels. All jambs to be 20 inches 

 deep ; those in parlour and sitting-room to be 6 inches, and in 

 office and bedrooms to be 4^ inches on face, to project 3 inches be- 

 yond plaster. Fireplaces in " office " and bedrooms to be 2 feet 9 



