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43. Suggestions for improving Fig. 42. 
A city lot. 
A plan of a city lot is given in Fig. 44. The area is fifty 
by one hundred, and the house occupies the greater part of the 
width. It is level, but the surrounding land is higher, resulting 
in a sharp terrace, three or four feet high, on the rear, E D. 
This terrace vanishes at C on the right, but extends nearly the 
whole length of the other side, gradually diminishing as it 
approaches A. There is a terrace two feet high extending from 
A to B, along the front. Beyond the line E D is the rear of an 
establishment which it is desired to hide. Since the terraces 
