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destructible, and enable the aviary, when once the holes for them are 

 bored, to be put together very quickly, which implies less expense in 

 doing so. You would require fifty-three 8-in. bolts and nuts for the 

 upper rails, and thirty-eight 7-in. ones for the lower rails, their 

 diameter f in. 



ORDER OF CONSTRUCTION FOR AN AVIARY OF Six PENS 



The capital letters at the commencement of the respective para- 

 graphs are given to assist the reader to refer between the ' Cost o 

 Materials ' and the ' Order of Construction.' 



WOODWORK * 



(A) First place the four corner posts of the aviary in the ground, 

 120 ft. by 20 ft., firm and upright (A, B, c, D, fig. 8). Run a string 

 round these as a guide by which to peg out the intermediate posts 

 10 ft. apart, 39 posts in all (fig. 8). The door posts to be 2 ft. 

 10 in. apart. 



(B) Secure the thirty-eight 11 -ft. rails all along the tops of the 

 posts outside, and across the divisions that divide the pens (figs. 1 

 and 9). 



(C) Secure the twenty-eight 11-ft. lower rails 18 in. above the 

 ground outside the posts all round the aviary (figs. 1 and 9), but not 

 between the divisions. 



(D) Place the doors in position between the top rails and the lower 

 j^ils, and between their posts (fig. 1), in the centre of the front of 

 each pen. 



(E) Run the 2 ft. 6 in. vermin-proof netting round the outside of 

 the aviary only (sinking its lower edge into the ground 1 ft.), lace its 

 top edge to the lower rail that entirely surrounds the aviary (fig. 1), 

 and staple it to the posts as it passes them. 



(F) Secure the 6-ft. netting all round the aviary outside, except, 

 of course, between the posts where the doors fit. Lace its lower edge 

 to the lower rail, and its upper edge to the top rail (fig. 1). It will 

 also require a few staples here and there to fix it to the posts. 



(G) Form the divisions of the pens by means of the 4-ft. netting of 

 2-in. mesh, placing one width above the other. Where the edges 



* The ends of all rails, where they overlap for 6 in. at the posts, 

 to be sloped to fit continuously, so as to lie level, and above the 

 doors they may be spliced with cord or joined with 3 -inch screw 

 bolts. 



