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three or four inches wide and deep, and plant poles twelve or eighteen 

 inches into the ground every two feet. These poles should be as thick as a 



PERSPECTIVE VIEW Or BROWNE'S POULTRY HOUSE. 



man's arm, eight or ten feet high ; a space on the south side, between two 

 poles, should be chosen for a doorway. Then take brushwood, six feet long, 

 with the twigs and leaves on, place it against the poles and commence lacing 

 some of the stout and straight twigs round the poles in the trench, alter- 

 nately twining in and out, similar to basket-work, going the whole round, 



GROUND PLAN. 



except the doorway. When eight or ten inches high, stamp it well down r 

 making it tight and firm. Keep on in the same manner until you have got 

 five feet high, then pass the brush over doorway and all, which will make 

 it firmer and stronger, continuing up to eight or ten feet in hight ; braid 



