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of circulation in the air have given the 

 first idea of cutting long narrow glades 

 through the woods, to admit a current of 

 wind? And is it not possible that this was 

 the origin of those avenues which we fre- 

 quently see pointing, from every direc- 

 tion, towards the most respectable habi- 

 tations of the two last centuries? 

 Character Bcsidcs the character which the style 



and size of the house will confer on a 

 place, there is a natural character of coun- 

 try which must influence the site and dis- 

 position of a house; and though, in the 

 country, there is not the same occasion as 

 in towns for placing offices under ground, 

 or for setting the principal apartments on 

 a basement story, (it being more desir- 

 able to walk from the house on the same 

 level with the ground, ) yet there are situ- 

 ations which require to be raised above the 

 natural surface. This is the case at Wel- 

 beck, wlierc the park not only abounds 

 with bold and conspicuous inequalities, 

 but in many places there are almost im- 

 perceptible swellings in the ground, which 

 art M^ould in vain attempt to remedy, from 



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