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much ftraw for thatch, &c. on which account they 

 leflen the quantity of manure, a practice we (hould 

 Always guard againft. 



Walls of ftone houfes are generally built too nar- 

 row to fuppott the roof, and efpecially when die 

 mixed cements are ufed, that is, partly lime- mortar, 

 and partly clay-mortar. The fide-walls feldom exceed 

 twenty-two inches in thicknefs, and the end-walls 

 about two feet. The fide- walls mould be two feet 

 four inches at bottom, and reduced to twenty-two 

 inches at top, which is generally at the height of fevea 

 or eight feet from the furface. The battering, or re- 

 dudVion of the thicknefs of the wall, mould be all on 

 the outfide, and the infide face fliould be perpendicu- 

 lar ; an inch of battering, to every foot in height, is 

 not too much. This is the moft effectual means to 

 prevent the walls from bulging or fpreading. The 

 fame precaution mould be ufed in houfes or cabins, 

 when the roof is hipped, or half hipped ; but, through 

 the county, the generality of houfes are built with 

 thorough gables. 



There are fome flated hoofes and offices to be met 

 with in fome parts of the county, which, from appear- 

 ances and other circujnftaoccs, are likely to encreafe. 

 The few already built fufficiently prove, what faving 

 there may be in the article of draw, one-third of 

 -which, I dare fay, is applied to thatching throughout 



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