ON THE SITE FOR A HOUSE. 



In determining the site for a house, several things have to be taken into 

 consideration. 



1st. The Aspect — which should be south-east, if possible ; if not, then 

 south or east, or north-west. North, west, and south-west are all objectionable, 

 on account of the cold and boisterous winds ; and particularly the latter, on 

 account of both winds and rains. South and south-east aspects are decidedly 

 the best ; they are the driest and the most cheerful, and therefore most suitable 

 for the principal living rooms, while less important rooms may have a cooler 

 aspect, and serve as a retreat during the hottest parts of summer. 



2nd. Shelter — which also is a matter of primary importance. In choosing 

 a site for a house, we should, of course, not fix it upon the summit of a hill, 

 (I do not mean gentle 

 rising ground, for in that 

 case the summit may often 

 be most suitable, not only 

 for the sake of effect, but 

 in order to avoid damps 



Figure 1. 



and fogs,) nor the highest point of the 

 domain, unless it is well clothed with trees, as an edi- 

 fice in such a situation would not only be very much 

 exposed to boisterous weather, but prominent in the 

 extreme, and at variance, therefore, with good taste ; 

 and a plantation of young trees would be at least half a century in either 

 producing effect, or in affording sufficient shelter in high exposed situations. 

 (Fig. 1.) 



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