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T is generally thought that in 

 planning a country-place, whe- 

 ther large or sm? 11, the one 

 important thing to be consid- 

 ered is the situation of the house. As- 

 pect and prospect — the way the house Vvill 

 look to the passer - by or the approaching 

 visitor, and the way the landscape w411 look 

 from its windows and piazzas — are supposed 

 to be questions of such paramount impor- 

 tance that the choice of a site may well be 

 made and the house constructed before any- 

 thing else is arranged. Important questions 

 these are, indeed, yet there is another of quite 

 as much importance — one which must be 

 borne in mind from the outset if aspect and 

 prospect themselves are to be satisfactory in 

 the end. This is the arrangement of the 

 various roads and paths which run through 

 the property. Convenience as well as beauty 

 dictates that the position of the house and its 



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