KITCHENS OF COUNTRY INNS. not manner already described, § 1326; p is the stair or ladder, by which this poultry- house is entered. Fig. 1371 shows its ground plan; in which q is the flue of the oven; r, the bakehouse ; s, the nests ; and t, the stair and door. It is almost needless to observe ♦hat the poultry-house may be omitted when not wanted. Fig. 1372 is a section across' (he bakehouse, sliowing the front view of the oven ; in which u is the door of the furnace, over which is jilaccd a square copper for heating water, which is drawn oft', as wanted, for mixing with the flour, by the siphon and cock, t) ; u; is the pipe which supplies the water ; .r is the register to the smoke flue, from which the smoke proceeds to the chimney top, as shown by the dotted arrows ; y is the place for bakehouse implements; z the compartment for fuel ; and S", the door of the principal oven, over which maj' be seen the door of the upper proving- oven, and under it that of the lower proving-oven. 1508. To fd a Baker's Oven, such as this, for roasting Meat, which shall in all respects be equal in flavour to meat dressed in the roasters of 'Sir. Strutt or Count Rumford, or 1372 •^ before an open fire, only a very slight addition to the plan is necessary. Let a small flue, fig. 1369, a, be formed under the tiled floor of the oven, commencing under the shelf of the door at h' , and continued round by a' to c, where it may ascend the side wall a few inches, and then open into the oven. This will suffice for the purpose of introducing a stream of heated air ; and after this air has circulated in the oven, it may be carried oflF by another flue, of the same dimensions, in the back wall, com- mencing a few inches above the floor, as shown at </, in fig. 1370. This flue may be carried up to the vacuity in the wall of the poultry-house ; and the air, after circulating there, may be allowed to escape by the highest point, e'. In fig. 1372, at /', may be seen a sliding register for closing the orifice to this flue, when baking alone is to be per- formed ; and for opening it, or regulating the opening, when roasting is going forward. Another improvement might be made in an oven of this description, which would be
