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•cost ; the floors are clay or mud, and invariably worn into holes ; 
the partitions in a number which we inspected were neither more 
nor less than the backs or sides of the box-beds ; while the 
ceilings consisted of empty guano bags stretched across the 
rafters"! 
Whatever may be thought or said of this description, either in 
England or Scotland, I feel bound to state that, having walked 
for some miles along the roadway referred to, and visited some 
i of the farms, farmhouses, and cottages, 1 feel perfectly justified 
{ in quoting it as a fair picture of what is but too frequently to 
] be seen in that district. 
j Fig. 1. — Plan and Elevation of a pair of Coftar/es built by Alexander 
I M'Neel-Caird, Esq., at Genoch, WixjtonsMre. 
The arrows show Uie slope of the roofs of the outhouses. 
Fortunately there are some examples of a better condition of 
things, as may be seen by the annexed plan and elevation of a 
