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The winds most injurious to ice are from 

 the south to the east. The door being oa 

 the north side, needs no passage. Rats are 

 to be guarded against. The eaves are to 

 be closed against them : but openings are 

 to be left on the north side, at the eaves, for 

 admitting the steam to pass out there, as 

 well as at the common vent on the top of 

 the roof. These openings may be from 

 lattice-work in wood or wire: or a plank 

 may be projected below the opening, and 

 beyond the reach of rats. 



All the building-materials are to be on 

 the spot, ready to be put up as soon as the 

 pit is dug, lest rain damage the pit before 

 the house can be covered. 



Beat the ice small, and prefer to store it 

 in keen weather. In such weather a neigh- 

 bour dashed water on the pounded ice, a 

 pailful or two to each cart-load, as soon as 

 it was stored and pounded, load by load : 

 and he informed me it answered well, ia 

 cjosing and cementing the mass. 



Ice beat small, and heaped on a floor of 



