Of the Choice oj ScitualicrS. i^ 

 torn of a Dale, when one meets with a very 

 eafy Hooping Defcent from North to South 5 

 'tis reafonable, that there the Houfe lliould 

 be placed, about three Parts in Four toward 

 the Top of the Hilljby which means 'tis preferv'd 

 from the violence and impctuofity of Northern 

 Winds, and open to as chearful Embraces of the 

 South. Yet as inconfiftent as this is with 

 common Ileafoo, 'tis what has been, and is 

 in many Places the common Praftice ^ ia 

 like manner, it would be as improper fo to 

 order the Matter, that our Gardens of Pleafure 

 fhould lie North, or North Weft, or North 

 Eaft^ themoft beautiful as Well asthemoft 

 healthy Pofition being theSoyth, South Eaft 

 or thereabouts, for as the North Subjcds the 

 Ovvnerto rigid in^-mperatc Breezes, fodoes 

 the Weft to the violent Concuffions of Wind 

 from the Weftern Ocean, as well as the un- 

 healthy Intenfenefs of a declining Sun in the 

 Afternoon, which makes it equally to be 

 avoided, where-ever it poffibly can, at 

 leaft the jBuilder fhould take Care, that his 

 Bed-chambers and Studies arc not in that Po- 

 fition, but rather his Galleries and Rooms 

 of a more puhiiek life. 



The EjfentialChoice of a ScitHdtiOft^ 



, I have been the {hotter on the more un^ 

 •i^crtain Rules for the Choice of the Scitua- 

 ^•liofl of a Country Houfe, that I might have 



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