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II. Bridges, if at all wanted, ought to be of an exceedingly 

 quiet and simple character in a small place. They should 

 certainly never be of dressed wood or stone unless they have 

 to carry the approach to the house over a moat, river, or 

 similar piece of water. For merely crossing the arm of a 

 small lake or giving access to an island, a simple rough plank, 

 sufficiently broad and stout, with the bark left on at the 

 edges, and a handrail made of undressed fir or larch wood 

 with the bark on, will sometimes be suitable. Or a rather 



Fig. 64. Rustic Bridge on Simple Lines. 



more perfect and ornamental rustic bridge, that is altogether 

 wanting in pretension and does not stand so high as to 

 become very conspicuous, may be chosen in other places. 

 Lightness and yet safety, rusticity and the absence of any- 

 thing marked or staring, will be the leading characteristics 

 demanded. 



One of the most obvious forms for such a bridge is exhibited 

 in fig. 64, where two strong larch poles are thrown across a 

 piece of water, and a path of cross pieces formed upon these, 

 with a simple handrail, and light upright and diagonal bars 

 of the same material on either side. This bridge is very low. 



