OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES 



such other homely or lasting wood as may be 

 most available. 



I give a rough drawing of what I would 

 propose. 



I think that everyone will admit that these 

 columns have a tasteful effect, and add largely 

 to the architectural character of the wall. 

 And it is a great mistake to suppose, as many 

 do, that such columns require hammered 

 stone, or that it is requisite that they be laid 

 up in mortar, and by an adept in masonry. 

 All that is required is, that stones carrying 

 fairly developed angles should be laid aside 

 for its construction — that the face of the col- 

 umn should project three or four inches from 

 the surface of the wall in order to mark dis- 

 tinctly its faces, and that it be bound in firmly, 

 (a thing which the engraver has omitted to 

 do,) with such long stones as are available. A 

 boulder sufficiently round to crown the struct- 

 ure may be found in almost any rod of old 

 country wall; and if it be well covered with 



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