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" mand of adjoining property, might jus- 

 " tify the expenditure of ten times the 

 " sum to which I am instructed to limit 

 " my plans. I shall therefore describe 

 *' what may be done, and not what might 

 " be done, to fix the true character for 

 " this house, since it cannot be a palace, 

 " and perhaps ought not to be a castle: 

 " from its situation it certainly ought not 

 " to be a villa; it ought not to be a cot- 

 " tage, and as a shooting-box, the pre- 

 " sent rooms in the farm-house are suf- 

 " ficient for a bachelor: but this must be 

 " the residence of a family; and being 

 '* amid the mountains of Wales, at some 

 " distance from society, we must not only 

 '* provide for the accommodation of its 

 " own family in all its various branches, 

 " but for the entertainment of other fa- 

 *' milies in the neighbourhood, and for 

 " the reception of friends and visitors 

 " from distant parts; all this cannot be 

 " expected in a very small house; and 

 " since (without great expence) the an- 

 ** cient baronial castle cannot be imi- 

 " tated, we may perhaps with less diffi- 



