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two windows at the farther end; because the central pier will 

 extend its increasing shadow till il casts a gloom over the dark 



d of the room. 



In such cases the cross-light will he found 



most enlivening remedy to I he dulness of a room, or, I might 



rather say, to one so darkened by a central 



contains a looking-gl 



! j 



will 



i 



th 



crease the gl 



e 



dark 



d of the room 



which, if it 



by reflecting 



Fifthly, The favourite proportion for a room is asserted to 



be, the breadth to the length as two to tl 



y 



proportion: h 



ly in that 



twenty feet wide is to he thirty feet 



long; and twenty-four wide to be tl 



ty->ix long; anc 



so in 



proportion, till it reaches any width and length 



But when 



cert 



the dimensions are contracted, we must recollect that a 

 space betwixt the door and the fire-place ought to be presen ed ; 

 and therefore I have found it expedient, in small houses, to give 

 more space, by placing the chimney at a proper distance, and 

 forming a new centre to the room, as explained in this diagram. 



nn 



Since the chief object of this collection of Fragments is to 



Inch 



word 



efore the eye those changes or improvements 



w 



will not sufficiently explain, two sketches are in- 



troduced, to shew the contrast betwixt the ancient cedar pai 



i 



