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appear, on each face of the wall, as alternate courses of headers and 

 stretchers. It is the strongest bond, though it may not look so neat 

 as some of the others. 



Fig. 13 shows a one-brick wall built in English bond. It will be 

 noticed that the second course from the top is shown again, moved 

 to the right, so as to illus- 



trate the arrangement of 

 the bricks composing it. 

 This is done also in suc- 

 ceeding illustrations. Ee- 

 ferrinsr to Fig. 13 it will 



Fig. 13. 



be observed that alternate courses consist entirely of headers and 

 stretchers respectively. The vertical joints in the header courses are 

 prevented from coming in line with those in the stretcher courses, by 

 the insertion, in each header course, of two half-queen-closers between 

 the end full-brick and the next one. This method of neatly finishing 

 off the end of a wall is known as return bond. Eeturn bond is 

 employed, also, for the jambs, or vertical edges, of openings for doors 

 and windows. 



Fig. 14 illustrates a H brick wall in English bond. The method 

 of finishing off alternate courses at the end of the wall, or at a jamb, 



Fig. 14. 



will be seen from the drawings of the top course and the next lower 

 course in the figure. Thus the top course is finished off by three 

 stretchers, and the next lower course by two three-quarter bats and 

 three half-queen-clcsers. 



Angles or Quoins in English Bond. — The method of laying the bricks at 

 right-angled corners, or quoins, formed by the junction of two walls, is 

 illustrated by Figs. 15 and 16. 



Fig. 15 shows a quoin made by the junction of two 9-inch walls. 

 The bond is clearly shown in the figure, which requires little explanation. 

 It will be seen that the continuity of vertical joints is broken by the 



