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veranda, supported on rustic pillars formed of the trunks of 

 saplings, with the bark attached. 



[Fig. 62. Rmtic covered Seat.] 



Many of the English country places abound with admira- 

 ble specimens of rustic work in their parks and pleasure- 

 grounds. White Knight's, in particular, a residence of the 

 Duke of Marlborough has a number of beautiful structures 

 of this kind. Figure 62, is a view of a round seat with 

 thatched roof, in that demesne. Three or four rustic pillars 

 support the architrave, and the whole of the exterior and 

 interior, (being first formed of frame-work,) is covered with 

 straight branches of the maple and larch. The seat on the 

 interior, looks upon a fine prospect ; and the seat on the back 

 of the exterior, fronts the park. 



There is no limit to the variety of forms and patterns in 

 which these rustic seats, arbors, summer-houses, etc., can be 

 constructed by an artist of some fancy .and ingenuity. After 

 the frame-work of the structure is formed of posts and rough 

 boards, if small straight rods about an inch in diameter, of 

 hazel, white birch, maple, etc., are selected in sufficient quan- 

 tity, they may be nailed on in squares, diamonds, medallions, or 

 other patterns, and have the efi^ect of a mosaic of wood. 



Among the curious results of this fancy for rustic work, 

 we may mention the -moss-house — erected in several places 



