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larger timber; and the refufe has of late been 

 much in demand for the purpofe of inclo- 

 fure. Deal has of courfe ganicd ground as a 

 building material. There arc, however, 

 fomc few men who ftill retain a fufficient 

 partiality for the oak, to ufe it freely in every 

 fpcclcs of building, under a full perfuafion 

 that in tl-c end it will prove the cheapell 

 material. 



Having thus enumerated the materials of 

 building in mod common ufe in the Diftridt, 

 I will proceed to give fome account of the 

 BUILDINGS themfelves ; and of fuch opera- 

 tions in rural architcdture as merit parti- 

 cular notice. 



The fpirit of improvement which has fo 

 evidently diffufcd itfelf through this extenfive 

 county, is in no particular more confpicuous 

 than in Farm Buildings •, nor, perhaps, docs 

 any part of it afford fo many ftriking innova- 

 iions in this particular as that v;hich is under 

 furvey. 



The Fancy-Fap.m-Houses, which have 

 been eredlcd in different parts of it, I pur- 

 pofely pafs over. Tafte, whether true or 

 faife ; mere ornament without ufe ; is foreign 



to 



