OF NORFOLK. 



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pefts, as much as poffible, and, becaufe youn<J 

 flock thrive much better in warm yards. 



The following general rules, refpecting new 

 erections, may be worth obfervmg. 



Not to build any thing but what will be really 

 ufeful. To build upon a fmall compact fcale-, 

 and, as much as poffible, upon fquares or paral- 

 lelograms ; not in angles, or notches. To build, 

 at all times, fubftantially, and with good mate- 

 rials. Not to lay any timber into frefh mortar, 

 becaufe the lime eats up and vvaftes the ends of it, 

 long before the other parts decay; but to lay the 

 ends into loam or clay. Not to put any window- 

 frames or door-cafes into new brick-woik, at the 

 time the walls are canied up ; but to introduce a 

 difcharging-piece, or lintel, over fuch door and 

 window fpaces. The reafon of the laft caution is 

 obvious; for as brick-work fettles, foon after it is 

 up, the window-frames and door-cafes, on account 

 of their ftrength, will not yield to it, but occafion 

 cracks and flaws ; but, when a lintel is made ufe 

 of, the whole work fettles regularly together, and 

 door-cafes and window-frames may be then intro- 

 duced, with more propriety than before. 



With refpeer. to the timber moll proper For 

 building, I know of none that is to be preferred 

 to Spanilh chefnut, where it can be had, becaufe 



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