17^ ARCHITECTURE. BOOK I* 



1st, In common labourers' cottages. — Here the appendages, 

 of the first kind are the cowhouse, the shed : those of the se- 

 cond kind, the pales or rude wall which inclose the garden, the 

 seat close by the door, and in some instances stone troughs for 

 water, &c. These are all made for the purpose of utility by 

 the cottager ; but with the painter they are appendages which 

 serve to connect and harmonize the whole. 



2dly, The ornamented cottage. — Here the first class of appen- 

 dages are not approached by the front of the dwelling-house ; 

 their doors do not appear open; but still they come in as 

 subordinate parts, grouped by trees and shrubs, and variously 

 concealed with honeysuckles and other creepers. In the se- 

 cond class the paling is made light and open ; its style is simple, 

 but yet it is enriched by roses ; and, in place of inclosing a plot 

 of cabbages from the depredations of straying cows, &c. it 

 now incloses a parterre from the bite of sheep, which we may 

 suppose are pastured in the paddock which contains the whole. 

 It may also be in a still smaller spot, as is most commonly the 

 case in the neighbourhood of towns or cities ; and then, in lieu 

 of the paling, is substituted a wall, which separates it from the 

 public road. In place of the rude wicket, the neat yet simple 

 gate is substituted. Sometimes it may happen, that a carriage 

 road is made to the front of the cottage ; at others, a footpatk 

 only ; but still the same principle is applicable, and the same- 



