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formed is occupied as a dove-cote. This is divided into three 

 apartments, each furnished with an entrance, as seen in the 

 drawing. The east end of the building contains a room ten 

 feet by twelve, for the use of visitors. On one side is a window 

 looking into the garden, another looks towards the house, and 

 a third opens upon a court, intended for the use of the fowls. 

 In the centre of the building is a small drawing-room, to which 

 the fowls may retreat in inclement weather, and between this 

 and the east room is an apartment to be occupied for purposes 

 of roosting and laying, provided with the requisite fixtures. On 

 the west of the retiring or storm-room, are accommodations for 

 ducks and geese, and separated from these, others for turkeys 

 and Guinea fowls. The place appropriated for the turkeys is 

 glazed throughout the whole south-westerly end of the building. 



On the south front there are eight windows, which extend 

 from the brick foundation nearly to the eaves ; these are divided 

 into three compartments, the lower moving upon rollers, and 

 the part over the main window opening upon hinges, and 

 secured, when open, to the floor of the dove-cote above. The 

 edifice is surmounted by two cupolas for purposes of ventila- 

 tion and ornament, and in one of them is hung a chime of 

 bells, by the ringing of which the fowls are summoned to their 

 food. 



The portion of land devoted to the use of Col. Perkins' poul- 

 try, is divided by a rustic fence, eight feet high, into a court 

 and a park. The former is covered with soil and gravel, and 

 the latter is laid down to grass, thus furnishing every desirable 

 facility for the healthful exercise and amusement of the fowls. 

 Col. Perkins has also caused to be built a pond of suitable 

 dimensions, of a diamond form, three feet in depth, laid in 

 cement, and capped with freestone. A supply of water is 

 provided for this by means of a well, and from the spouts which 

 lead to it from the roof of the building. 



