714. COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1357 also sections of the ash-pits, and of the contractions of the fireplaces immediately below the orates ; and in one of the fireplaces, which is shown without its boiler, the openings of the branched flue by which the smoke goes off horizontally towards the chimney are also marked. Fig. 1358 shows a birds-eye view of the upper surface of the brickwork, with all the 1358 boilers and saucepans in their places, except one ; three of the principal boilers and one saucepan, with their covers on ; and the rest of them without their covers. It likewise represents a horizontal section of the open chimney fireplace, four inches above the level of the top of the mass of brickwork, in which the boilers and saucepans are set. It is to be observed, that all the boilers, stewpans, and saucepans are fitted into circular rings of iron, which are firmly fixed to the brickwork ; and that they are suspended in their fireplaces by these circular rims. All the stewpans and saucepans that are not too large to be lifted, with their contents, in and out of their fireplaces by the strength of one hand, have iron handles attached to tlieir circular rims ; but the four principal boilers, which are too large to be managed with one hand, have each two rings fitted to their
