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SuBSECT. 2. Layins out Cottages. ' ** '.^.-n-'- ** 



4176. Cottage buildings include a variety of habitations, from the fajiij-hou^ 4owiJ-rj- 

 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 :,q 

 the regular labourer and ploughman require the least j and the gardener and tradesmap^l,. 

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



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4177. A cottage Jit for a tradesman, me- 

 chanic, or bailiff, given in The General lieport 

 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 floor {fp. a, 

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

 oven (6), pantry and dairy (c), lobby (rf), two 

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

 court-yard -(g), pigs (h), 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 contain^^'* 

 the entrance and stair, parlour and bedroor^^ ,; 



