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decorated with a sort of open work of small 

 knobs or projections ; and the same kind 

 of ornament yet remains with peculiarly 

 elegant effect, in many 6f bur old churches 

 and houses." 



These and other ornaments and varia- 

 tions judiciotisly applied, would give a 

 pleasing variety to slanting roofs of every 

 kind ; and to some of them, where the scale 

 was not too large, a degree of finished 

 beauty worthy of being allied with the 

 most polished architecture. But whatever 

 (changes or improvements may be made in 

 -the appearance of such roofs by persons 

 whose taste led them towards such objects, 

 in general the common materials of the 

 country, and the common method of using 

 them, will of course be employed, and 

 such uniformity and plainness are not only 

 natural and proper, but give a zest to any 

 deviations from them. 



There is an idea of rural simplicity an- 

 nexed to a thatched cottage, which is very 

 much in favour of that covering ; and in- 

 deed the appearance of new thatch, both 



