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by the eggs and young, and the domestics in 

 waiting on these : in substance they differ from 

 the other apartments, being composed of triturated 

 wood cemented by gum. 



258. A collection of these compact, irregular, 

 and wooden chambers, not one of which is half 

 an inch in length, is enclosed in a common cham- 

 ber of clay, sometimes as large as a child's head. 



259. Intermixed with the nurseries are the 

 magazines, which are chambers of clay, always 

 well stored with provisions, consisting of particles 

 of wood, gums, and the inspissated juices of plants. 



260. These nurseries and magazines are sepa- 

 rated by small empty chambers and galleries, 

 which run round them, or communicate from one 

 to the other, and are continued on all sides to the 

 outer wall of the building, reaching up within it 

 to two-thirds or three-fourths of its height. 



261. The magazines and nurseries are confined 

 to the sides of the hill, leaving an open area in the 

 middle under the dome, the roof of which is sup- 

 ported by Gothic arches, of which those nearest 

 the middle are from two to three feet in height, but 

 those towards the sides are much lower. 



262. A flattish roof, impervious to wet, covers 

 the top of the assemblage of nurseries and maga- 

 zines, protecting them in case the dome suffers 

 any injury ; and the area above the royal cham- 

 ber has a flattish roof, also waterproof, and so 

 contrived as to allow any wet that by chance 



