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And, on the contrary, where Situations are low, they often 
abound in too great a Plenty of Water, which, when ftagnant, 
or of a flow Motion, is very unhealthy. 3 
All Kinds of Fenny, Boggy, Marfhy Lands, Sc. whence Fogs 
and noifome Vapours arife, are always to be avoided. 
Bogs, Se. on the North Side of a Houfe or Garden, are un- 
healthy ; for they being interpofed between the Sun and the 
Bogs, Sc. receive the noifome Vapours, as they are exhaled by 
the attractive Power of the Sun. 
Situations on the South Side of a Hill are to be preferr’d 
before thofe atthe Top; foraltho’ their Views are not {o exten- 
five, yet they are well guarded from the Northern Winds, and 
ssa abounds with a much better Soil, and Plenty of 
ater. | 
The beft and moft healthy Soil to dwell.on, is that whofe 
Surface is a fine fandy Loam, with Brick-Harth underneath, 
and a Gravel at Bottom, wherein are generally good Springs 
for Houfhold Affairs. t 
Thefe are the moft general Cautions to be obferved, when 
Situations are to be chofen: But when they happen to be un- 
alterable, every one muft be contented ; and therefore I fhall 
conclude this Section with the Advice of Ravin. 
If on thy Native Soil thou doft prepare 
T’ ere a Villa, you muft place it there, — 
Where a free Ereppets does itfelf extend 
Into a Garden, whence the Sun may lend 
His Infl’ ence from the Eakt ; his radiant Heat 
Should on your Houfe through vartous Windows beat : 
But on that Side which chiefly open hes 
Zo the North Wind, whence Stormsand Show’rs arte, 
There plant a Wood; for, without that Defence, : 
Nothing refifts the Northern Violence, 
While with deftructive Blafts o'er Cliffs and Hills 
Rough Boreas moves, and all with Murmurs fills ; 
The Oak with fbaken Boughs on Mountains rends, 
The Valleys roar, and great Olympus bends. 
Trees therefore to the Winds you muft expofe, 
Whofe Branches beft their powrful Rage oppofe. 
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