FART III. 



ARCHITECTURE., 



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SECTION I. ON CHOOSING A SITUATION FOR A COUNTRY 



HOUSE. 



In attempting this, the following particulars must be attended; 

 to : 1st, That it should be the most convenient with regard to 

 site and situation, as they relate to the adjacent country.. 

 2dly, That it should be the most striking that the grounds 

 will afford ; and 3dly, That the views of the surrounding coun- 

 try from the house should be good. 



1st, With regard to the relative conveniencies of a house, the 

 artist should have a perfect knowledge of what is wanted ; and 

 by applying every particular to the proposed spot, he will be 

 able to judge of the propriety of fixing on it, by discovering 

 whether some particulars are not wanting altogether, or others 

 wanted which cannot be easily obtained. Great assistance, in 

 some respects, may frequently be derived from houses already 

 built in the neighbourhood of the grounds under view ; particu- 

 larly as to the weather, permanency of springs or rivulets, state 

 of roads, markets, &c. : though these points and most others- 

 can generally be ascertained with very little trouble. 



