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much must be done to prepare the way for, and to 

 facilitate their introduction, or all their labours will be 

 in vain. 



CHAPTER III. 



Of the Alterations and Improvements that may be made 

 in the Kitchen Fire-places now in common Use in Great 

 Britain. All Improvement in Kitchen Fire-places 

 impossible, as long as they continue to be incumbered 

 with Smoke-jacks. They occasion an enormous Waste 

 of Fuel. Common Jacks, that go with a Weight, 

 are much better: Ovens and Boilers that are con- 

 nected with a Kitchen Range should be detached from 

 it, and heated each by its own separate Fire. The 

 closed Fire-places for iron Ovens and Roasters can 

 hardly be made too small. Of the various Means 

 that may be used for improving the large open Fire- 

 places of Kitchens. Of the Cottage Fire-places now 

 in common Use, and of the Means of improving them. 

 Of the very great Use that small Ovens constructed 

 of thin sheet Iron would be to Cottagers. Of the 

 great Importance of improving the Implements and 

 Utensils used by the Poor in cooking their Food. 

 No Improvement in their Method of preparing their 

 Food possible without it . Description of an Oven 

 suitable for a poor Family, with an Estimate of the 

 Cost of it. Of Nests of three or four small Ovens 

 heated by one Fire. Of the Utility of these Nests of 

 Ovens in the Kitchens of private Families. They 

 may be fitted up at a very small Expense. Occa- 



