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effect In giving them a gay appearance. The next thing in this 

 style would be, the decorations of their little garden, and the 

 planting of roses, or some of the smaller fruits, against the pales 

 which inclose it. And now, proud of this little spot, he would 

 erect a seat close under the roof and at the side of the door, on 

 which he may sit with his children after the close of his labour, 

 and enjoy the general effect of the whole. — [See Plate V. 

 fig. 3.] 



When the English cottage was made two stories high, the 

 chief difference in the style of ornament would be, that in place 

 of whitewashing the walls, he would plant fruit-trees or orna- 

 mental creepers of some sort against them, which he could not 

 do in the case where projecting roofs were adopted. — [See 

 Plate VI. fig. 1.] 



The inhabitant of the other cottage, naturally of a less gay 

 disposition, is not profuse in whitewashing the external part of 

 his house ; he bestows a little of it however upon the edges of 

 his windows, to indicate that all is comfortable within. He 

 frequently places a seat near the door, as in the other style ; 

 though the difference of the climate is adverse to this luxury, 

 and indeed the nature of the foreground, which would come im- 

 mediately under his eye, is not of an inviting kind to any of the 

 senses. Scotch cottages in a few situations, however, either 



