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on one (top) side to the slope of the rafters, should be 

 nailed on to the top of wall plate between each 

 pair of rafters, and flush with the top surface of the 

 latter and the inside edge of plating ; these individual 

 strips of wood should be rabbeted in a line with the 

 bed of the rafters for the purpose of receiving the top 

 squares of glass in the bays formed by each pair of 

 rafters intervening between the individual ventilators. 

 The latter should be worked, as already stated, by 

 continuous ventilating gear. A capping, consisting of 

 a piece of wood two inches by two inches, with the 

 two upper angles slightly rounded, should be provided 

 for securing the water-tight hinges of ventilators 

 when fastened longitudinally on the upper surface 

 of the rafters immediately under the coping. A drip, 

 one inch by three inches ; door-frames, three inches 

 by four inches (the lintel being bevelled to prevent 

 water lodging thereon), with oaken sills of the 

 same size; doors, six feet six inches by two feet 

 eight inches, the doors being either all wood or 

 one-half made of glass, as may be desired, and hung 

 on substantial brass butts and provided with either 

 a brass mortice or galvanised rim lock and suitable 

 furniture. The woodwork should receive two coats 

 of good white-lead paint before being fixed, and an- 

 other afterwards. Each house should be provided 

 with a liberal supply of roof ventilators, these being 

 hung in the manner indicated above at intervals 



