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done, even in the level country, to overcome 

 the disadvantages of the site by placing the 

 cellar of the house only two or three feet in 

 the ground and grading up to within a short 

 distance of the top of the wall. A pool or 



Fig. 6. A frosty pocket. 



two, or a miniature lake near the barns, and 

 skilful planting of trees will lend a diversity 

 and charm well worth the attention and time 

 given to them. 



A pool may be made by scooping a place in 

 hard earth or by damming a stream (Fig. 7) . 

 If no water is allowed to flow over the dam and 

 it is raised some two feet above the overflows, 

 it will serve every purpose as well as an expen- 

 sive grout or stone structure. It will be noticed 

 in the picture that provision has been made by 



