160 THE EAELY HISTOEY OF [CHAP. III. 



Mr. Saunders laid before them the drawings and an estimate 

 of several works which he proposed to do, and which were 

 not included in the original contract. These are the engine 

 and reservoir on the staircase, the removal of the water- 

 closet from the place where it now stands to the roof of the 

 laboratory; taking down the present stack of chimneys 

 from the great kitchen, together with the breast- work in 

 the kitchen which contains the range, roasters, and oven, 

 which he considers necessary in order to fit up a strong 

 closet in the managers' room ; together with a small addi- 

 tion to the fitting up of the laboratory itself, which it is 

 proposed to do in a more complete and more expensive way 

 than was provided for by the contract. All these additions, 

 Mr. Saunders informs me, the managers approved of, and 

 he is accordingly preparing the necessary agreements with 

 Mr. Hancock for executing them. 



Everything in the new building goes on briskly and 

 well. We have got as high as the lecture-room floor, and 

 I expect in a month we shall be ready for the roof. No 

 deviation whatever has been made from the plans, and all 

 the works hitherto done have been executed to the satis- 

 faction of Mr. Saunders. 



I wished to send you the drawings of the laboratory, 

 but they not being quite ready, I shall take the next oppor- 

 tunity. 



In September he wrote again : 



The timbers of the roof are on, and we are beginning to 

 board it for slating. The brickwork of the laboratory is 

 also nearly completed. 



Hitherto I have found employment for Mr. Wincks, the 

 model-maker ; when I had nothing else for him to do he 

 has been at work upon the model of the pile engine, 

 which will now be finished in a day or two ; and, as I have 

 not any further occasion for him to assist me, I shall be 





