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except in very romantic situations, all the rooms on 

 the principal floor ought to range on the same level ; 

 and that there must be a platform, or certain space of 

 ground, with a gentle descent from the house every 

 way. If the ground be naturally convex, or what is 

 generally called a knoll, the size of the house must 



Fig. 3. Sections to shew the manner of adapting houses to different natural 

 shapes of ground. 



be adapted to the size of the knoll : this is shown by 

 the small building a, supposed to be only one hun- 

 dred feet in front, which may be placed upon such 

 a hillock, with a sufficient platform round it ; but if 

 a building of three hundred feet long, as b b, should 

 be required, it is evident that the crown of the hill 

 must be taken off, and then the shape of the ground 

 becomes very different from its original form : for 

 although the small house would have a sufficient plat- 

 form, the large one will be on the brink of a very steep 



