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u.uit of connection also arises, while the natural harmony between thegroond 

 on which the bouse Btands, and the rest of tl i« • pleasure ground and park, i> 

 destroy) d 



The levels Bhould be so managed in fixing the house, us to produce, 

 when the materials are removed, a platform sloping almosl imperoeptibl] (say 

 half mi inch to an inch in thirty-six) for the firel eight or ten yards, then 

 declining more or Less rapidly for the next fifty or one hundred yards or more, 

 according to circumstances, and according to the nature of the ground, 

 whether gentle or bold, which it has to connect, bo as to blend gradually and 

 Boftly into the adjoining field or park. The finish Bhould not be limited bj 

 the line set oul for the fence, for an abrupl finish would create too marked ■ 

 distinction between the lawn and park. 



In situations where the ground is of a bold or abrupl Blope, I almosl 

 invariably find the bottom of the plinth of the house so placed as to clear 

 the slope, or natural surface, the whole breadth of the house, to its hack 

 extremities, (as at figure 5, dotted line a), in consequence of which the fore- 

 ground requires a great deal of raising, — a matter of no small difficulty 

 Figure 5. when tl "' IV m "" 



mat. rials to meet the 

 fl^f^r ^^ demand; whereas, if 



' * I 15 ' the bottom of the 



- " " -"' plinth in the centre of 



,. - the house had been 



.,- level with the natural BUrface (as at figure 5 b) t 



10^^"^ the materials taken thence as far us required 



backwards, together with the excavations of the cellars, would, in all proba- 

 bility, have been sufficient to raise the whole ground in front of the house 

 to the proper level (as at figure 1 b). 



It' an artificial platform must of necessity he formed for a residence on 

 the side of a steep hill, considerable expense in removals maj be saved bj 

 forming two platforms or levels, one for the house and yards, and the other 

 for the Btables, &c. las at figure 8). One continued platform for all purposes 

 would require a great deal more excavating. 



In situations where the ground is naturally undulating or hold. I should. 



if possible, form and continue one unbroken hold slope to a considerable 



