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plot, which will leave the balance of the land in 

 the most advantageous shape. One is the very 

 narrow, long house extending far back; the 

 other is the wide and shallow house that covers 

 practically the entire breadth of the land. Of 

 these two the latter is preferable in one way, as 

 it leaves a fairly good sized rectangle intact be- 

 tween itself and the rear boundary. But here 

 the exposure must enter into the calculations — 

 for the long side of a dwelling ought always to 

 meet the sun and the prevailing summer breeze. 

 In the street running east and west the broad, 

 shallow house will do this, but on north and 

 south streets the long and narrow form, which 

 leaves the open space at one side, will usually 

 have to be adopted in order to secure the nec- 

 essary southern exposure. 



I assume that southern exposure is univer- 

 sally necessary to secure breeze as well as sun, 

 inasmuch as it is so very generally so. There 

 are instances, of course, where this is not the 

 case, but they are usually owing to purely local 

 conditions, topographical or otherwise, and are 

 too uncommon to be reckoned with here. Suf- 

 fice to say that where such local difference exists, 

 it is only necessary to know from which direction 

 the prevailing summer winds are to be expected 

 and plan for these as well as for the sun. 



