2O2 On the Construction of Kitchen 



sunk into the ground, that is the first thing that must 

 be executed. 



As soon as this ground plan is sketched out, the ash- 

 pit doors should all be placed, and the foundations of 

 the brick-work laid. 



To assist the bricklayer, and prevent his making 

 mistakes, several sections of the brick- work of the full 

 size, and particularly sections of all the boilers, repre- 

 sented as fixed in their fire-places, should be drawn on 

 wide boards, or on very large sheets of paper, or they 

 may be drawn with charcoal or red chalk on the sides 

 of the room. These sections of the full size, where the 

 bricklayer can readily take measure of the various parts 

 of the work to be performed, will be found very useful. 



Before I proceed to give a more particular and minute 

 description of the various kitchen utensils and other 

 machinery which will be recommended, I shall lay before 

 my reader an account, illustrated by drawings, of several 

 complete kitchens that have already been constructed 

 under my direction. I have been induced to adopt this 

 method in treating my subject, from an opinion that 

 the directions which still remain to be given respecting 

 the construction of kitchen fire-places and of kitchen 

 'utensils will more easily be understood when a general 

 , idea shall have been formed of some of those kitchens 

 which have already been constructed on the principles 

 recommended. 



