294 Cottages for Mr. Wynne's Laborers. 



these are each divided into four apartments a 

 sitting-room, two bed-rooms, and a milk-house, 

 together with a small wash-house behind, a gar- 

 den, and three statute acres of land, in which 

 are sheds for the cow and pig of each family. 



Encouraging and helping cottiers to keep 

 cows are attended with many comforts and 

 advantages ; yet in the event of accident to the 

 cow, a hopeless distress is entailed on the fa- 

 mily ; to guard against which, I would recom- 

 mend a fund to be established, to which each 

 cottier keeping a cow should subscribe four- 

 pence halfpenny a-week, or about twenty shil- 

 lings a year; this would ensure the parties 

 against casualties, and might be otherwise be- 

 neficial where these did not occur, especially if 

 their employers would kindly assist in the sup- 

 port and management of the fund. 



The fronts of these cottages are neatly kept, 

 and somewhat resemble the Cheshire gardens, 

 which are so charmingly ornamented with flower 

 and fruit trees, that Mr. Burke, on passing them, 

 is said to have exclaimed, " How gratifying the 

 sight of these superfluities, which vouch that 

 necessaries are not wanting." The rent of 

 these comfortable tenements of Mr. Wynne's 

 is five pounds each per annum. The care and 



