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mix well the Ions: witli the short; and thus t^o on till 

 you have the whole in a round heap risings to a point. 



The second day after this heap is made it will hegin 

 to send forth steam. Let it remain three days in this 

 state ; that is to.say, four clear days after the day of 

 making ti.e heap. Then turn the heap hack aii^ain, 

 shaking all well to pieces, as before, and bringing to the 

 inside thatpaitof the stulf which was before on the 

 outride of ihe heap. Let it remain now three cleardays 

 after the day of turning. Then turn it again, shaking 

 well to pieces as before, and bringing again the outside 

 stulFtothe inside. When it has remained two clear 

 days in this state, it is fit to make the bed with. 



The Frame is of the best shape when it is eighteen 

 inches deep at the back, and nine inches deep at the 

 front. This gives slope enough. The Frame is the 

 wood work, on which the lights, or glass-work aie laid. 

 There needs no more than a good look at a thing of 

 ihis sort to know how to make it, or to order it to be 

 made. 1 suppose a three -light frame, four feet wide and 

 nine feet long, which of course will make every light 

 three feet wide and four long ; because, the long way of 

 the light fits, of course, the cross way of the frame. 



The front of the bed is to be full South, so that the 

 noon sun may come right upon the glass. The length 

 and width of the bed must be those of the frame. 



When you have shaken on dung to the thickness of 

 four or five inches, beat all over well. But you must 

 be very careful to keep the edges of the bed well beaten, 

 or else they will he more hollow, and will sink more 

 than the rest, and then the earth on the bed will crack 

 in the middle. Comb the sides frequently down with 

 tiKj lines of the foik. At last, shovel and sweep up 

 all the short earthy stuff around the bed and where your 

 dung-heap was, and lay it very smoothly on the top af 

 the bed ; and make all as smooth and as level as a die 

 with the back of your shovel. 



Then put on the frame and fix it nicely. Then put 

 the lights upon the frame. If you finish your bed by 



