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OLD WEST SURREY 



sewage-purnp. Although its name does not suggest visions 

 of beauty, yet it may be quite a comely object. Here is its 

 portrait : just a common leaden pump, with the elm weather- 

 boarded covering of local tradition, and with a wooden handle 



The Sewage Pump 



instead of an iron one, for the better grasp of a man's 

 hand, and for greater comfort of winter use. 



Besides the older farm and cottage buildings that show 

 the timbered framing, there are others of probably the 

 same ancient date that have the walls coated with rouedi- 

 cast. The upper floor overhangs the lower ; the roofs are 

 framed of massive timbers. It is supposed that a good 



