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kept up, or the oven will soon be cooled by the cold air 

 that will not fail to force its way through the fire-place 

 and up the chimney. 



From the result of this experiment it appears that an 

 oven of the kind recommended is very far from being 

 an expensive article; and there is no doubt but that, 

 with a little care in the management of the fire, an oven 

 of this sort would last many years without wanting any 

 repairs. It is hardly necessary for me to add that a nest 

 of these small ovens, consisting of three or four, put 

 up together, and heated by a single fire, would be very 

 useful in the kitchen of a private gentleman, and indeed 

 of every large family. 



If nests of small ovens should come into use (which 

 I cannot help thinking will be the case), it would be 

 best, as well for convenience in carriage as for other 

 reasons, to make those which belong to the same nest 

 not precisely of the same dimensions, but varying in 

 size just so much as shall be necessary in order that 

 they may be packed one within the other. 



