Of the proper Choice of Soils ^ dec. 43 



the Fruit likewife watry and fquafhy, and is by 



no m^ans fo good as Up- Land. The Wood 



round it fhould likewife not be fo thick as 



in common Coppices 5 for that creates Damps, 



and, as i can c recommend a very low Sci- 



tuation, fo a very naked and high one, in 



'my humble Opinion, is as much to be rejeded, 



where the Dweller is continually expos'd to 



the Terror and ISoife of ruffling Winds 5 what 



J[ have already urg'd in relation to the Ept- 



lom, which ought to be chofe for the fake of 



Fruits and Convenience of Paffage will I hope 



be fufficient, 



■^To conclude, then the Conveniency of a Sci- 

 tuation, it ought likewife to be in a Coun- 

 try well inhabited, within a reafonable Di- 

 ftance of a Country Town and a navigable 

 ,River, ifpoJ3ible, and free from troublefome 

 and contentious Neighbours, and High-ways, 

 that crofs any of the beft Part of the Villa or 

 jFiorm'-i that it be in a Country well ftor'd 

 jwith VV^ood, or, which is better, Coal, fince *tis 

 impoffible to exprefs the Havock that great 

 Families make in a finall wooded Eftate, in 

 -a little time: This feems to be the beft 

 choice a judicious Man can make for his Ha- 

 bitation ; in this he may, if not wanting to 

 ;himfelf, may reap all the Felicity this Life can 

 afford, and by a virtuous and careful Life be- 

 come fit for an ever happy Place, where this on- 

 ly can be exceeded, and of which this is a proper 

 Type and Emblematical Reprefcntation, 



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