IN THE WEST III .HLANDS. 439 



in Scotland, where they arc ma/ic fubfervient to the 



.itc mtcreft of individuals, whofc influence hath 



coo much weight with magiftracy, Tome of the 



parties concerned being themfelves magiftratcs, or 



irriage,or confanguinity, to chofc in office. 



To this is owing the medley ;etry and irregu- 



., of width, and of narrownefs, which we 



in the fame ftreet. To this is alfo owing that 

 odious deformity, by flairs on the outfidc of the build- 

 ings ; and the permitting avaricious pcrfons to coun- 

 : the intentions of ;th the view 



.1 price d ^proportioned to the real 



property. " If you do not, 

 is, give me 500!. for my ground (intrin- 

 t( fically not worth 200) I will fufFcr the old 

 " thatched houfe, kiln, or barn, to remain in the 

 " middle of your fine new , or 1 will build 



" upon the fame." But thefe perfons fhould be 

 informed, that there is a houfc near We tminfler 

 Abbey, which hath a controlling power over the 

 whoL- , to whom, in the dernier refort, even 



the moil obltinate extortioner mud fubmit 

 lhame, and confiderable e\ 



When rowns arc to be : upon new founda- 



, the ftreets (hould be of confiderable width, 

 >ut in flraight lines, croffing each other at right 

 angles. The houfes fhould be builr, as nearly as 

 poffible, on the fame model, and of the fame height. 

 A llriift uniformity fhould alfo be obferved in the 

 colour of the flone, lime and flate ; in the fize and 

 ;it of the windows. A variation in any of 

 thefe particulars dcilroys the beauty of the whole. 

 The man therefore, who from want of tafte, from 

 avarice, or ill-natured obftinac ins inexora- 



ble to the intrcatics of his fellow citizens, fhould be 

 confidered as & nuifance in fociety, and as fuch ex- 

 cluded for ever from holdin of honour or 

 profit, in the town where he rcfi'des. 



i fuch confcquences in the towns pro- 

 z i 4 poled 



