For these reasons we would place the gate very near the lodge; it would be preferable if it were part of the same architectural composition: and if possible adopt the contrivance now in use at some places abroad, by which the gate, being hung nearest the building, may be opened by the occupant without the latter being seen, or being scarcely obliged to leave his or her employment.* This is certainly the ultimatum of improvements in gate lodges; and where it cannot be attained, something may still be done towards amelioration, by placing the gate within a convenient distance, instead of half a dozen rods apart from the lodge, as is frequently done. (* In Fig. 62, is shown the section of a gate arranged upon this plan. At the bottom of the hanging post of the gate, is a bevelled iron pinion, that works into another pinion, b, at the end of the horizontal shaft, a, which shaft is fixed in a square box or tunnel under the road. The part to the right of the partition line, f, is the interior of the gate-keeper's house; and by turning the winch, e, the upright shaft, c, is put in motion, which moves by means of the bevelled pinions, g, d, the shaft a, and therefore, through d, the back post of the gate, which is opened and shut by the motion of the winch, without obliging the inmates to leave the house.)
