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wide, and one foot deep; the one for coals, and the 

 other for water. The fire irons and tongs can be kept, 

 as is the usual custom, on the vacant space left in the 

 centre of the earth. The two side walls to be raised 

 from the ground, and let into the back wall of the 

 building, are also to be connected with the right and 

 left angles of the hearth, and brought forward to each 

 corner of the front angles of it; and in the rear of 

 this left-hand wall, is to be fixed the bellows, and an 

 opening will be left in the wall for the pipe, from the 

 lower part of the sunken hearth which contains the 

 fire. 



On the interior surface of this wall is to be fixed a 

 cast-iron toe iron ; and near to the end of this left-hand 

 wall, on about a level with the hearth, may be left a 

 hollow space to contain sand, for the use of the smith. 

 These side walls are to be carried up to a height of 

 four feet seven, from the ground. The chimney piece 

 being put across, and the chimney built up, the open- 

 ing left for the smith to work by, will be four feet, by 

 two feet in height. 



The anvil (moderately small) should be placed op- 

 posite the centre of the hearth, at a distance from it, of 

 three feet six inches. The wooden block on which it 

 is usually put should be sufficiently broad, on its up- 

 per surface, to receive the tools with which the smith 

 works at the anvil, namely, the turning hammer, fuller, 

 stamp, chisel, and pritchel. When making plates, a 

 crease is used for the purpose of fullering them, which 



