affecting the Timiips,- Corn-crops, ^ c. 
Fig. 54. Juhis Londinensis. 
z'* The unarmed tail. 
a " The ai med tail of Jiilus terreslris. 
b* The antenna of the same species. 
Fig. 55. Pohjdc/nms complanalus when full grown. 
c The younger state. 
f/* The antenna magnified. 
Ohs. — All the figures are drawn from nature, and those numbers and 
letters with a * attached indicate that the objects referred to are repre- 
sented much larger than life. 
London, March, 1844. 
[The copyright of tliis Paper is reserved to flie Writer.] 
XII. — On the Building of Cottages for Farm- Labourers. 
By John Grey. 
Ir the right construction of our barns, and stables, and cattle- 
sheds, is matter of no small impoitance, that of the dwellings of 
our labouring population must claim to be so in a still higher 
<lcgree, seeing that it affects not only the health and comfort, but 
in a great measure also the moral character and well-being of that 
numerous and generally resjiectable class, on whose industry we 
are dependent for the success of all our exertions, and whose good 
or bad conduct and principles cannot fail to exercise a powerful 
influence on our own comfort, and on the moral atmosphere of 
society at large. I am too sensible of the truth and importance of 
this sentiment, and have had too much experience of the beneficial 
effects of reciprocal kindness and conciliation between masters and 
servants not to know that, setting inclination and duty aside alto- 
gether, it is the line of good policy to bestow care and consideration 
on all that relates to the comfort and happiness of the peasantry 
around us. It is to be regretted that, in building the cottages of 
farm-servants, the choice of a site is more frequently determined 
by the opportunity of occupying a piece of ground which would 
otherwise be of little account, or by the saving effected by making 
them form a side of a set of offices from which they would in all 
respects be better at a little distance, or some piece of ill-judged 
economy equally insignificant, instead of having regard to a dry 
and healthful spot, with an open and cheerful aspect. In advert- 
ing to this subject, I recognise with pleasure the importance 
attached to it in the institution of the Royal Agricultural Society 
of England, in whose charter it is stated to be one among many 
others of the objects contemplated in the formation of the Society, 
