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of a smaller size, which has one window to the 

 rising and another to the setting sun : this as 

 well has a view of the sea, but more distant and 

 agreeable. The angle formed by the projection 

 of the dining-room with this drawing-room re- 

 tains and intensifies the warmth of the sun, and 

 this forms our winter quarters 'and family gym- 

 nasium, which is sheltered from all the winds 

 except those which bring on clouds, but the 

 clear sky conies out again before the warmth 

 has gone out of the place. Adjoining this 

 angle is a room forming the segment of a circle, 

 the windows of which are so arranged as to get 

 the sun all through the day : in the walls are 

 contrived a sort of cases, containing a collec- 

 tion of authors who can never be read too 

 often. Next to this is a bedroom, connected 

 with it by a raised passage furnished with pipes, 

 which supply, at a wholesome temperature, and 

 distribute to all parts of this room, the heat 

 they receive. The rest of this side of the house 

 is appropriated to the use of my slaves and 

 freedmen ; but most of the rooms in it are 

 respectable enough to put my guests into. In 

 the opposite wing is a most elegant, tastefully 

 fitted up bedroom ; next to which lies another, 

 which you may call either a large bedroom or a 

 modified dining-room ; it is very warm and 

 light, not only from the direct rays of the sun 



