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suffice to develop its particulars, without hav- 

 ing recourse to drawings, I shall not burden the 

 work with an additional cost for the ornamental, 

 being satisfied with imparting that which is use- 

 ful only. 



Where a pit is to be erected, it is of importance 

 that it should be sunk two or three feet below 

 the surface of the ground, as it will thus be more 

 convenient for management, as well as better 

 protected frem the weather, especially in winter. 

 Excavate, therefore, as directed for the common 

 pits, in accordance with the dimensions of the pit 

 to be erected, following the particulars of that I 

 am now about to describe. 



The pits at the Baroness de Rothschild's are 

 six feet two inches wide, and twenty-nine feet 

 six inches long, from outside to outside ; the 

 cavity which surrounds them for the deposit of 

 the lining is one foot eleven inches back and 

 front, and eighteen inches at the ends, making 

 the excavation ten feet wide, and thirty-two feet 

 six inches long. 



