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ARCHITECTURE. 



BOOK I. 



CHAPTER II. 



OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS. 



Private buildings may be divided into, 1. Those of the la- 

 bouring poor and inferior tradesmen ; which may be included 

 under cottages singly, cottages collectively or villages, towns 

 and cities. 2. Those of the husbandmen. 3. Manufactories. 

 — A few observations shall be added under each of these 

 divisions. 



SECTION I. OF COTTAGES. 



The wants of man in the lowest stage of society are compara- 

 tively few : they are only those of simple nature ; and nature, 

 always consistent with herself, affords obvious and simple 

 means of resource. The part acted by the cottager in the great 

 drama of life, though important when viewed collectively, is 

 nevertheless; as to the operations of the individual, scarcely 

 discernible. The first and last time that we see him is in the 



