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direction; but another shape is also to 

 be considered: thus it generally happens 

 that a knoll is longer one way than the 

 other, or it may even extend to a natural 

 ridge, of a sufficient length for a long and 

 narrow house; but such a house must be 

 fitted to the ground, since it would be 

 absurd in the architect to place it either 

 diagonally or directly across such a ridge. 

 The same holds good of the inclined plane, 

 which is, in fact, always the 5ide of a val- 

 ley, Avhose general inclination must be 

 consulted in the j)Osition of the building. 

 A square house Mould appear awry, un- 

 less its fronts were made to correspond 

 with the shape of the adjacent ground. 



On a dead flat or plain the principal AHane. 

 apartments ought to be elevated, as the 

 only means of shewing the landscape to 

 advantage. Where there is no inequality 

 it will be very difficult to unite any arti- 

 ficial ground with the natural shape: it 

 will, in this case, be advisable either to 

 raise it only a very few feet, or to set the 

 house on a basement story. But Avhere- 

 ever a park abounds in natural inequali- 



