364 SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ERECTION OF A FORESTER’S COTTAGE. 
XVI. Specifications of Works to be Executed in the Erection of a 
Forester’s Cottage; with Plans and Sections. By Wm. 
MacInrosu, 5 Thistle Street, Edinburgh. 
(See Plate Xf for Plans and Sections. ) 
Mason Work. 
Hecavations.—The site shall be properly prepared for the recep- 
tion of the building, and cleared of all the surface soil, which shall 
be deposited in a place to be pointed out by the Inspector. The 
track for the foundation shall be dug out to the solid subsoil; and 
all making up must be of solid building; but in no case shall the 
upper bed of the scarcement be nearer the finished surface than 
12 inches, as shown by sections. 
Contractors must examine the ground as to the nature and level 
of same, as no extra price will be allowed for excavating or building 
extra foundations. 
Materials.—The stones shall be taken from Whitehouse Quarry, 
and shall be of the best quality of rock from that quarry. All 
stones used for dressed work must be thoroughly sound and free 
from clay pits, iron stain, or any other blemish. 
The bricks used shall be well burnt, of good sound quality from 
Hillhead Brickworks, 9 inches by 44 inches by 2} inches. The lime 
used shall be from Woodend Limeworks ; and the sand used to be 
clean, sharp, or river washed, free from salt or vegetable matter ; 
and the cement shall be Portland, weighing not less than 110 Ibs. 
per “striked” bushel. 
The mortar to be composed of one part lime to two parts sand 
thoroughly soured and sifted together, and to remain not less than 
eight days in the souring heap, and to be well mixed and beaten 
before being used in the works. 
Building.—The foundations to be formed of large flat-bedded 
stones laid on their natural beds, header and stretcher alternately, 
having all their joints well packed and flushed with stone shivers 
and mortar, to form scarcements 4 inches wide on each side of walls, 
as shown by sections, and where there are wood floors the scarce- 
ments shall be 7 inches wide to receive the wall plates for the joists. 
The whole walls over the foundations (with the after-mentioned 
exception) shall be of the best quality of lime-built rubble masonry, 
and no stone used in the face of the building to be higher than 
10 inches. Bond stones shall be placed in each course at distances 
