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should be plastered, and afterward well painted in oil, 

 or, what would have a neater and more elegant appear- 

 ance, they might be lined with Dutch tile. 



The pavement might be made of any kind of flat 

 stones, or of bricks or tiles ; or it might be constructed 

 of stucco, well painted in oil, and it might be covered 

 with matting. 



If ornament were required, I would place a figure of 

 Vesta, holding an Argand's lamp, on a pedestal, on one 

 side of the room. This pedestal, which should be large 

 in proportion to the figure, should be made of sheet- 

 copper, and painted of a bronze colour on the outside. 

 The cavity within it should be accurately closed on 

 every side, in order that it might occasionally be filled 

 with steam from a boiler situated without, and used as 

 a stove for warming the room. 



The important object had in view in making the 

 entrance into this bath from below (the preservation of 

 the warm air in the room) might be attained equally 

 well with the door placed on one side of the room, pro- 

 vided the door were made to open immediately into a 

 narrow, descending, vaulted gallery, furnished with a 

 good door at the lower end of it. 



The top of the door at the lower end of this gallery 

 should be two or three feet below the level of the bot- 

 tom of the door at the top of it, which opens into the 

 bath. 



By setting both these doors open, and at the same 

 time opening one of the windows of the bath, all the 

 warm air in it, below the level of the window, will be 

 forced out in a very few moments, and the room w^ill be 

 completely ventilated. 



If the entrance be made through the side of the 



