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four-incb galvanized iron pipe ; the fuel used is coke broken 

 small. The cost of the house and its fittings was £25. Mr. 

 Lant says that he has tested its portability, for he once re- 

 moved it on a railway truck a distance of sixty miles. " We 

 put three spokes under the base of the house on each side 

 six spokes in all, and two men at each spoke carried it to the 

 railway truck, and thence to its new site, in perfect safety and 

 without drawing a nail. The house and twelve dozen plants 

 were carried in perfect safety a distance of sixty miles on the 

 North-Eastern Kailway for 25s." 



SECTION OF PORTAULL GELEXIIurSE. 



The last example will be an improvement on the foregoing, 

 with every particular of construction from first to last. The 

 details of construction are represented pp. 48, 49, 50, and 52. 



The diagram of the elevation shows a detached building set 

 upon a raised platform of earth, to give it a greater apparent 

 elevation, with a gravel walk surrounding it, and two steps 

 placed in the grass slope, by which to ascend the platform. 

 The house is composed of parts that, when taken to pieces, may 



