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ing on; or, should the cemetery be prosperous, and more room required, the 

 spaces alluded to may be added to it. 



The chapel is proposed to be placed in the centre of the ground, as most 

 convenient. The entrance being at the end c, a sufficient area is formed in 

 front of that end to admit of turning a hearse and four hoi'ses. which may 

 either return by the main entrance a, or go out by the secondary entrance 

 at D. 



A piece of ground is reserved at e for laying down any superfluous earth 

 which may occur in the course of digging the graves, and more especially in 

 forming brick graves, vaults, or catacombs. Here also bricks and other 

 materials used in forming graves, vaults, or catacombs, may be deposited ; 

 and, some years hence, when the cemetery is in full demand, either in this 

 piece of ground or near the Huntingdon Road Lodge at w, a shed may be 

 formed, in order that the earth-box (Vol. for 1842, p. 200.), with wheelbarrows, 

 planks, casks of cement, lime, sand, &c., may be kept under cover, and also 

 as a place for a mason or bricklayer to work in. This shed is placed close to 

 the side of the approach road, in order that materials may be the more readily 

 laid down or taken up without the necessity of leading the cart off the road. 

 F is a piece of ground which may be let as a garden to the cottage or lodge 

 at D ; and, indeed, till the cemetery is in full operation, the reserve ground 

 E may also, in great part, be let for cultivation for a year or two. It is 

 thought that the cottage at d, and the ground f attached to it, and also the 

 shed w, after the cemetery is once established, might be advantageously let 

 to a statuary mason. The shed w is shown with a chimney in each gable, 

 in case it should afterwards be thought advisable to turn it into a labourer's 

 cottage. 



In laying out the interior of the cemetery, the first object was to obtain 

 a carriage-road down the centre ; not only for general purposes, such as cart- 

 age of materials for building tombs, brick graves, &c., but to allow of the 

 hearse approaching the graves as near as possible. 



The next object was to form borders, u u, &c., to the main road from 

 west to east, and to the cross roads from south to north. These borders 

 are 18 ft. wide, planted with trees at regular distances ; and they admit of 

 being divided into spaces for letting, as permanent places of interment for 

 families who are willing to pay more than for permanent graves in the in- 

 terior. Between every two trees there may be one burial-place, rendered 

 ornamental by some description of tomb, monument, or enclosure. 



The interior is divided into beds 18 ft. in width, with paths between them 

 4 ft. in width ; and a space 2 ft. in width, and raised about 3 in., is shown in 

 the middle of each bed, on which space all the head-stones are proposed to 

 be placed on a foundation of brickwork or masonry carried up from the 

 bottom of the grave, in order that these head-stones, or whatever description 

 of monument or memorial may be placed at the head of a grave, shall always 

 stand firm and independent of that grave. (See p. 156.) The paths between 

 the beds are connected with a common path of 5 ft. in width, which sur- 

 rounds the beds, and communicates at intervals with the main or central 

 road ; so that a funeral may be performed in any part of the grounds, or a 

 grave in any part of the grounds be visited, without once deviating from these 

 paths, or treading on any graves. 



The surface of the ground being naturally flat, and very nearly on a level, 

 there will be no difficulty in carrying off" the surface water to the point d, 

 thou'^h there is no outlet for deep drains. It therefore becomes necessary to 

 render the surface drainage as perfect as possil)le, and for this purpose the 

 interior of the compartments is raised in the middle as shown in the cross 

 section No. 6. [not given], in which a is a level Hue, and b the line of the 

 ground ; in consequence of which the water will drain to each side to the 

 green paths under which tile drains will be formed, as indicated by the dotted 

 blue lines r R, &c. The bottom of these drains will not be more than 18 in. 

 under the surface, and they will be covered entirely with small stones or 



