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should^ -^-ithout falling into a straight line, be as short 

 as possible. Passing the entrance gate at right angles, 

 or nearly so, to the bonndar^' wall, it should proceed 

 with such a moderate curve or sweep as will place the 

 side of the carnage abreast of the main door. The 

 approach should never be carried across the entrance 

 front before reacliing the door of the house, unless the 

 ground is so steep as to render the formation of a road 

 with an easy inclination othei'^ise impracticable. A 

 lodge may sometimes be a necessary appendage to the 

 entrance gate, and that is a sufficient reason for a mode- 

 rate prolongation of the approach. Certain fine ^iews 

 or other advantages, canning the house considerably 

 into the interior of the territory, may make a similar 

 demand ; still it should be an object steadily kept in. view, 

 that on this accomit there should be as little intersection 

 of the grounds as possible. TThen the whole place ap- 

 proaches the form of a parallelogram, the gateway and 

 lodge may be placed in one corner, and the approach 

 may fall into a straight line, or form an avenue along 

 the boundary, till it is necessary to cm-ve off to the door 

 of the house. TVhen these residences increase in size 

 they assume the appearance of a park, and of course 

 the approach will follow the character of those required 

 in such places. It is not unusual to fijid two approaches 

 to a ^illa entering from the same line of road, and at 

 points within a hundred yards of each other; — a fact which 

 indicates an excessive love of road-making, for one ought 

 to be sufficient for the requirements of the place. Allien 

 a communication with a separate line of road is needed, 

 a second approach is not only excusable, but it may be 

 necessary, though it will generally encroach considerably 

 on the privacy of the grounds. TTe do not pretend to 



