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scullery h, 12 feet by 11 feet, with boiler 

 i ; sink j ; fixed washing-troughs h Jc, the 

 waste water of which is to fall into the 

 tank under water-closet I. This apart- 

 ment also answers for a back or common 

 entrance, the door of which is at in. A 

 closet is placed under the stairs. 



Fig. 702.— The upper floor consists of 



stair landing n; family bedroom o, 10 feet 

 by 8 feet, with two useful closets at each 

 side — a portion of the width of most 

 houses cut off as being deficient in head 

 room, and in few cases turned to any 

 useful account. The convenience of such 

 places to a family is great, and the only 

 expense to the proprietor is merely the 



700. 



little extra flooring and a couple of plain 

 doors. The bedroom p, 10 feet by 8 feet, 

 may be for the female part of the family, 

 and has the same convenience of store 

 closets as the last. Bedroom q is for the 

 male part of the family. Each of the bed- 

 rooms has an open fireplace. The stair- 

 case is lighted by a skylight 3 feet by 

 4 feet, set in the roof immediately under 

 the ridge on the north side, which will be 



found better than a storm window, and 

 less expensive. 



Fig. 703 represents a cottage in which 

 the style is simple, yet ornamental. The 

 roof projects 2 feet over the walls, show- 

 ing the ends of the rafters as brackets. 



Ground floor, fig. 704, shows front en- 

 trance porch a, 7 feet by 6 feet ; family 

 room b, 16 feet by 16 feet ; parlour c, 16 

 feet by 16 feet ; kitchen d, 15 feet by 11 



