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five point to some interesting object. The sixth is a curved street :* 

 the stranger enters it, v^^ondering whither it may lead, and finds it 

 open suddenly on a fountain or pillar : before him is the broad street 

 pointing to No. 15, a handsome public or private house, a public 

 monument or something of the kind. On his right, at No. 6, is an 

 arch crowning an eminence, also a handsome termination to his view. 

 The reader must not start at the mention of arch and pillar and obe- 

 lisk : I will speak at length of them shortly, and will reconcile him, 

 if not to their present use, at least to provision for them among our 

 posterity. No. 5 is also on an eminence, and has five diverging 

 streets : it is a retired spot, and is suited to a building or buildings 

 requiring retirement ; and we have many such — colleges, hospitals, 

 retreats, gymnasia, &£c. The remainder of the plan will be ex- 

 plained by the list of references which is attached. f A word on the 

 objects from 8 to 10 : their position combines the advantages of both 

 the rectangular and the diverging system, and can be used to pro- 

 duce variety and to prevent the introduction of numerous acute an- 

 gles, which should be avoided whenever it can be conveniently done. 

 Some of the streets it will be observed are wider than others, a cir- 

 cumstance which builders, on account of their varied means, will find 

 an advantage. Some persons prefer building or living in narrow and 

 retired streets ; others seek those more public and open to observation. 

 In this plan, I think regularity will be found combined with variety, 

 simplicity with beauty, and symmetry with a sufiicient attention to 

 the mukifarious circumstances of man. There is scarcely a street 

 in it that does not present some handsome object to the view : there 

 is scarcely a turn that will not surprise us with something unexpected, 

 and it is at the same time of such a character as to be accommodated 



"' There is a specimen of (he curved street in Boston, wliich is admired by every 

 one wlio visits that city : the curve however should be admitted cautiously into our 

 plan. 



1 REFERENCES. 



1. Public green, v. ith a fountain in the 10. Church. 



centre. 11. Bank.- 



2. Townhouse. 12. Churcli. 



3. Clmrch. 13. Pillar or obelisk. 



4. Small public building. 14. Pubhc burying ground. 



5. Large do. do. 15. Handsome dwelling, or 



6. Arch. Public monument. 



7. Fountain. 1(>. Pillar or obelisk. 



8. Bank. N. B. Tiie dots represent trees. 



9. Church. 



