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be separated from the rest by opening a new road or 

 otherwise, without disturbing the unity of the original 

 place, or affecting it disagreeably, except by reducing its 

 area. The importance of this will be readily apparent, 

 and the necessity "of exercising judgment and ingenuity 

 in view of it, hardly less so. On the other hand, and 

 almost of equal importance, is the possibility of external 

 changes which may affect the value of the place or the 

 comfort of its occupants, as, the probability of new roads 

 being opened in its vicinity, or of neighboring tracts 

 being made use of for purposes which may affect it favor- 

 ably or otherwise. It is obvious that such questions 

 possess an importance in a new and rapidly growing 

 country which does not pertain to them in an older 

 region, and every design for the arrangement of any con- 

 siderable area should have reference to them. 



