XII 



)NTINUING our practical ef- 

 forts, we were moved to enlarge 

 around our dwelling the space 

 which, after a year's occupation, 

 we found rather too contracted to be en- 

 tirely satisfactory; for, though we have 

 no especial preference for terraces, which 

 used to form a feature of many old-fash- 

 ioned homes, the conditions of our house- 

 lot have forced them upon us on three 

 sides. As I have before stated, the flat 

 top of the knoll is very limited in extent, 

 so that, even in building, we were forced 

 to cut our coat according to our cloth, and 

 support the rear of the house with a high 

 basement, to serve for laundry, dairy, and 

 other offices, instead of adding the more 

 usual L, or wing. 



The width of the lot at this point would 

 not allow of more than ninety feet be- 

 tween us and the highway, even by set- 

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