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in the cut, or they may be boxed in, and made with 

 suitable mouldings, to look very well. If they . be set 

 into the ground, they should be of some kind of durable 

 wood ; and the ends to be put below the surface, ought 

 to be charred with fire, to prevent decay. With box- 

 columns or posts, the style of architecture should be 

 changed. A cornice should be run around the struc- 

 ture ; a dental cornice, perhaps, would look well. Every 

 builder, however, will know how to give the best effect 

 to the general appearance of the structure. If the posts 

 be not inserted in the ground, let the floor be laid, and 

 ordinary joists measuring three by four inches, will do 

 for the columns, if boxed in. In this case, it will, per- 

 haps, require some support to prevent the structure from 

 being blown over in a gale. Three or four posts sunk 

 into the ground even with the floor, and made fast 

 thereto, would be all that is necessary. 



ROOF HOW PAINTED, ETC. 



The roof of this structure should be of tin, and painted 

 a brown or stone color, or any shade that may be de- 

 sired. If, however, it can be covered with shingles, let 

 it be done. Shingles will look as well as tin, if neatly 

 put on. 



There may or may not be, a ceiling under the roof. 

 It will look better with one, and the cost will be but a 

 trifle. 



SIZE, CIKCUMFERENCE, ETC. 



The size of the house should be about twenty feet in 



