The Agricultural Labourer. 
785 = 519 
the prevailing features of these dwellings in that part of the 
nited Kingdom. 
0-. 7. — Tlan and Elevation of a pair of Cottages huilt by Alexander 
M^Neel Caird, Esq., at Genoch, Wigionshire. 
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ELEVATIOy. 
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Plan. 
The arrows show the slope of the roofs of the outhouses. 
Besides the comfort afforded by the English modern cot- Modern 
t es, the labouring men who are their occupants are, in almost labourers' 
(•ry case, provided with a piece of garden-ground adjoining, i.!|if'^^''!oyijJ,[ 
' with an allotment in close proximity to their dwellings. By '^^th gardens. 
I s means they are not only enabled to grow a sufficiency of 
{i tlen-stuff for the use of their families, but also to sell some 
f tion of the produce. This garden, moreover, affords them 
t means of keeping a pig (the almost invariable accompani- 
nt of a well-to-do labourer's occupation), and there are few 
■ tagers at the present day who have not the satisfaction of 
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