fort; such as a dry soil, a supply of good 

 water, proper space for offices, with va- 

 rious other conveniences essential to a 

 mansion in the country; and which in a 

 town may sometimes he dispensed with, 

 or at least very differently disposed. 



It is hardly possible to arrange these 

 six considerations according to their re- 

 spective weight or influence; this must 

 depend on a comparison of one with the 

 other, under a variety of circumstances; 

 and even on the partiality of individuals, 

 in affixing different degrees of import- 

 ance to each consideration. Hence it is 

 obvious, that there can be no danger of 

 sameness in any two designs conducted 

 on principles thus established; since in 

 every different situation some one or more 

 of these considerations must preponder- 

 ate; and the most rational decision will 

 result from a combined view of all the 

 separate advantages or disadvantages to 

 be foreseen from each. It was the custom 

 of former times, in the choice of domestic 

 situations, to let comfort and convenience 

 prevail over every other consideration* 



