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II. 



LAYING OUT COTTAGES. 



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Subsect. 2. Laying out Cottages. 



4176. Cottage buildings Include a variety of habitations, from the farm-house down- 

 wards. On a large estate there will be cottages for tradesmen and mechanics, with and 

 without fields and gardens ; others for market- gardeners and nurserymen, surrounded by 

 gardens and orchards ; for operative manufacturers ; for day-labourers ; and, on the 

 farm lands near the farmeries, for ploughmen and herdsmen. The extent of ground 

 which ought to accompany these cottages must be determined entirely by the demand : 

 the regular labourer and ploughman require the least ; and the gardener and tradesman, 

 who keep a horse or horses and cow, the most. 



616 4177. A cottage Jit for a tradesman} me- 



chanic, or bailiff, given in The General lteport 

 of Scotland, contains the following accommo- 

 dations : — A porch, lobby, living-room, two 

 closets with beds, pantry and dairy, fuel and 

 lumber-place, pig, and garden. The cow is 

 kept at the farmery, if for a bailiff; the poultry 

 over the fuel-place, and the bees on stands in 

 the open garden. 



4178. A double cottage of only one foor {fig. 

 616.) contains in each, the kitchen (a), with 

 oven (b), pantry and dairy (<•), lobby (d), two 

 bedrooms (e, e), entrance door (/), front 

 court-yard (g), pigs (k), necessaries (i). The 

 gardens are at each end, and the cows sup- 

 posed to be kept at the farmery. 



4179. A cottage on a smaller scale contains 

 the entrance and stair, parlour and bedroom, 



