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I give still another design copied rudely from 

 an actual porch at Ambleside (Westmoreland) ; it 

 was shading the door, some fifteen years since, oJ 



a village curate. There were vines clambering over 

 it, which I have omitted, in order to give a full idea 

 of the simplicity of its construction. I know it is the 

 way of the grand architects to sneer at all rustic 

 work as child's play ; but I cannot see the pertinence 

 of their sneers ; it is quite true that rustic work will 

 not last forever neither will we ; house-holders and 

 architects, and all the rest of us, have the worms 

 gnawing at our vitals, and the bark falling away, and 



