Cheshunt Cottage. 649 



The reason why it is found necessary to have a boiler for 

 tar is, that, most of the farm-buildings and garden-offices 

 being of wood, it is found conducive to their preservation 

 occasionally to coat them with tar heated to its boiling point. 



28, Open shed for lumber. 



29, Dog-kennel ; adjoining which is a privy for the under gar- 

 deners. 



30, Hay-barn. SI, Lean-to for straw. 



32 32, Places for loaded hay-carts to unload, or to remain in 

 when loaded during the night, in order to be ready to cart to 

 town or to market early in the morning. 



33, House for lumber, wood, &c. 34-, Duck-house. 



35 35, Houses for geese and turkeys. 



36, Open shed for carts and farm implements. 



37, Pond, surrounded by rockwork and quince trees. 



38, House for a spring-cart. 39, Coal-house for Mr. Pratt. 

 40 40, Places for young chickens. 



41, Yard to chick en -houses. 



42, Hatching-house for hens, containing boxes, each 1 ft. square 

 within, with an opening in front 7 in. wide and 7 in. high, the 

 top being arched, so that the sides of the opening are only 

 5 in. high. 



43, Lobby to Mr. Pratt's house. 44, His kitchen. 



45, Living-room. 



46, Oven, opening to 47. 



47, Brewhouse, bakehouse, and scullery, containing a copper for 

 brewing, another for the dairy utensils, and a third for washing, 

 besides the oven already mentioned. 



48, Dairy. The milk dishes are of white earthenware ; zinc 

 having been tried, but having been found not to throw up the 

 cream so speedily and effectively as had been promised. One 

 zinc dish, with handles, is used for clotted cream, which is 

 regularly made during the whole of the fruit season, and oc- 

 casionally for dinner parties, for preserved tarts, &c. We 

 observed here small tin cases for sending eggs and butter to 

 town. The butter, wrapped in leaves, or a butter cloth, is 

 placed in the bottom of a tin box about a foot square, so as 

 to fill the box completely ; and another tin box is placed over 

 it, the inner box resting on a rebate, to prevent its crushing the 

 butter below it. In this latter box, the eggs are packed in 

 bran, after which the cover of the outer one is put on, and 

 the whole may then be sent to any distance by coach. The 

 dairy is supplied with water from a pump in the scullery ; the 

 water being conveniently distributed in both places by open 

 tubes and pipes. 



49, Coachman's living-room. 



50, Coachman's kitchen, and stairs to two bedrooms over. 

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