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also wanting, and for the same reason. In all other 

 respects this kitchen is, I believe, quite perfect. 



The Kitchen of the Hospital of La Misericordia at 

 Verona 



Is constructed on the same principles as that of La 

 Pieta. The only difference between 'them is in the 

 distribution of the boilers. That of La Misericordia 

 is built round two sides of the room. In many cases, 

 this manner of disposing of the boilers will be found 

 more convenient than any other ; but in all cases where 

 this method of placing them is preferred, care must be 

 taken to place the largest boilers farthest from the 

 chimney, and the smaller ones nearer to it, and in reg- 

 ular succession as their sizes diminish. This is neces- 

 sary, in order that in the mass of brick-work in which 

 the boilers are fixed there may be room behind the 

 smaller boilers for the canals which carry off the smoke 

 from the large ones into the chimney. 



This circumstance was attended to in constructing 

 the small kitchen which I fitted up last spring in the 

 house of Sir John Sinclair, Bart, President of the 

 Board of Agriculture, Whitehall, London. This 

 kitchen (which was intended to serve as a model, and 

 is open to the public view at all hours) is by no means 

 as perfect as I wished it to be. Having been built 

 during my jour.ney to Ireland, several mistakes were 

 made by the workmen I employed, who, though they 

 have great merit in their different lines of business, 

 had not then had sufficient experience in constructing 

 kitchens on my principles, to be able to execute such a 

 job in my absence without committing some faults. 

 Those which were most essential I corrected ; but my 



