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countries, and may often be converted 

 into fcantlings, fuitable to, at leaft, half 

 the purpofes of fmall buildings of this 

 fize, I have likev;rife ihewed the dif- 

 ference in the expence, between ereifling 

 them with brick, and wood : conlider- 

 ing pollard-timber at fix pence a foot, 

 and deal (of which the greater quan- 

 tity will be required) at fifteen pence, 

 which are fair prices for them in mofl 

 counties. Thefe eftimates which I ex- 

 hibit, will of courfe vary a little in 

 every neighbourhood ; but as it cannot 

 be any thing confiderable, I fhall calcu- 

 late upon them as at a medium price. 

 The fmalleft of thefe cottages, built of 

 brick and covered with tile, amounts to 

 (ixty-fix pounds, the other, of the fame 

 fize in wood, covered with tile likewife, 

 to fifty-eight pounds. As the buildings 

 will be quite new, built of good mate- 

 rials. 



