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wall-layers; and it is for this reason I have 

 introduced it, hoping that some intelligent pro- 



prietor who is in the neighborhood of quarries 

 will put his hands to the task of imitation. 



I give still another design copied rudely 

 from an actual porch at Ambleside (West- 

 moreland) ; it was shading the door, some fif- 

 teen years since, of a village curate. There 

 were vines clambering over it, which I have 

 omitted, in order to give a full idea of the 

 simplicity of its construction. I know it is 

 the way of the grand architects to sneer at all 

 rustic work as child's play; but I cannot see 

 the pertinence of their sneers; it is quite true 

 that rustic work will not last forever — neither 

 will we; house-holders and architects, and all 

 the rest of us, have the worms gnawing at 

 our vitals, and the bark falling away, and the 



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