45 8 On the Construction of Kitchen 



' It is not necessary that I should mention here any 

 of the precautions which are to be observed in setting 

 boilers of this kind in brick-work ; for that subject has 

 already been so amply treated in various parts of these 

 Essays that to add any thing to what has already been 

 said upon it could be little better than an unnecessary 

 and tiresome repetition. 



This boiler would be sufficiently large for cooking 

 for about 300 persons. If it were necessary to feed a 

 much greater number from the same kitchen, I would 

 rather recommend the fitting up of two or more boilers 

 of this size than constructing one large boiler to sup- 

 ply the place of a greater number of others of a mod- 

 erate size ; for I have found by much experience that 

 very large boilers are, far from being either economical 

 or convenient. 



Large boilers of sheet iron, and especially such as 

 are not kept in constant use, are always very expensive, 

 on account of their being so liable to be destroyed by 

 rust. 



Of portable Boilers and Fire-places that would be very 

 useful for preparing- Food for the Poor in Times of 

 Scarcity. 



There is always much trouble and inconvenience, and 

 frequently much danger, in collecting .together great 

 numbers of idle people ; and these assemblies are never 

 so likely to produce mischievous effects as in times of 

 public calamity, when it is peculiarly difficult to pre- 

 serve order and subordination among the lower and most 

 needy classes of society. 



I have often trembled at seeing the immense crowds 

 of poor people, without occupation, who were sometimes 



