OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES 



In default of thatch, however, very pretty 

 rural effects may be made by slabs (being 

 log-trimmings from the saw-mills), or oak 

 bark (which is almost imperishable), or by 

 scalloped shingles. 



An example of the effect of these latter I 

 venture to give. 



In this case, all beneath the roof is of cedar 

 with the bark undisturbed, while the posts 

 above the roof are trimmed to a square, taper- 

 ing and carrying a ball— the balls and the 

 tapering extremities of the posts being a light 

 buff, and the roof red. The effect is exceed- 

 ingly good — though it mixes the rustic and 



more finished work in a way which the pro- 

 fesional artists do not venture upon. But I 



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