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were particularly designed, and in a kitchen for a large 

 family would often come into use. 



The general disposition of the various parts of this 

 kitchen I consider as being quite perfect. It is the same 

 as that of the Hospital of La Pieta at Verona, and of a 

 very complete private kitchen which was built about two 

 years ago at Munich, under my direction, in the house 

 of Baron Lerchenfeld, steward of the household to 

 his Most Serene Highness the Elector. In my next 

 Essay, which will treat exclusively of the construction 

 of kitchen fire-places and of kitchen utensils, I shall 

 give a particular detailed account of the manner in 

 which the various boilers steam-boilers, saucepans, 

 oven, roasters, etc. are disposed and connected in the 

 mass of brick-work in these kitchens, and shall accom- 

 pany these descriptions with a sufficient number of 

 Plates to render them perfectly intelligible. 



Cottage Fire-place and Iron Pot, for cooking for the 

 Poor. 



The cottage fire-place which I fitted up as a model, 

 in the courtyard of the house of the Dublin Society, 

 was not quite finished when I left Ireland ; but an idea 

 may be formed from what was done of the general prin- 

 ciples on which such fire-places may be constructed. 

 On each side of the open chimney fire-place (which, 

 being small, was built in the middle of one much larger, 

 which was constructed to represent a large open fire- 

 place, such as are now general in cottages) I fitted up 

 an iron pot on a peculiar construction, cast by Mr. 

 Jackson of Dublin, and designed for the use of a poor 

 family in cooking their victuals. This pot is nearly of 

 a cylindrical form, about 16 inches in diameter, and 



