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On Spanish Peasantry, &c. 



Fig. 4. Section of the pre- 

 ceding on the line BC, exhibit- 

 ing the interior construction and 

 proportions. A. Circular cavity 

 6 inches deep, 2 feet 3 inches in 

 diameter at the top, and decreas- 

 ing gradually to the perforated 

 iron plate B, which is 1 foot 10 

 inches in diameter, and sustains 

 the pucheros or pots. Here the 

 diameter is lessened 2 inches and 

 forms a projection for supporting the plate, and the cavity 

 continues 9 inches deep and decreasing in diameter to the 

 bottom where it admits the grate C one foot in diameter, on 

 which is placed the coal. Under this continues the cavity 

 D 10 inches in diameter, and 1 foot 3 inches deep, commu- 

 nicating with the door or vent E, the dimensions of which 

 are noticed in the reference to figure 3. 



