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windows are so covered with wet as to render the of wind and rain, we accidentally went into the butler's 



landscape hardly visible. My attention was drawn to pantry, which looked towards the south-east, where 



this subject by travelling so much in post carriages, we found the storm abated, and the view from the 



and often remarking the difference betwixt the window window perfectly clear and free from wet; but, on 



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to the south-west and the window to the south-east, 

 during a shower of rain or immediately afterwards, 

 when the sun shining on the drojDS causes an unplea- 

 sant glitter, obstructing the prospect, while the view 

 towards the south-east remains perfectly visible. 



" At Organ Hall, in Herefordshire, the living room 

 was towards the south-west, and, during a heavy storm 



returning into the other rooms, the stomi appeared as 

 violent as ever, and the windows entirely covered with 

 drops, which obstructed all view. On considering the 

 prevalence of south-west winds, it was determined to 

 reverse the aspect of the house by changing the uses 

 of the rooms, thus making a very comfortable house of 

 one which, from its aspect before, was hardly inhabit- 



