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This third design also consists of two houses united for the reasons before given. 
In each house a is the entrance 3 b, kitchen ; c, wash-house ; d, closet under stairs ; 
e, coal or wood-house ; f 3 pigsty ; g, privy ; h, stand for bee hives ; i , in the smaller 
house, pantry. The wash-houses, &c., are lean-to’s. 
This building is well adapted for a situation among rural scenery, when the 
ground is greatly elevated above the surrounding surface : and that the irregular 
form of the roof may be seen against the sky. 
A building, with a plain square horizontal roof, in order to harmonise with the 
adjacent scenery, should be placed in a situation where the back ground would be 
seen over the roof, in a varied outline of hills and trees. 
In the erection of cottages, however, we should be greatly assisted in producing 
that harmonious and picturesque effect, so much desired, did we but pay strict 
attention to the beauties we find in many parts of the country, produced by nature ; 
these, very frequently, give a degree of characteristic simplicity, which is superior 
to design, and baffles art. When the foreground of a cottage is well arranged with 
broken ascents and rugged pathways, together with something bold and expressive, 
such as rocks, large trees, &c. it is of much consequence in producing a pleasant 
effect. 
The wails of this, like the last, may be built of either stone or brick, as the 
situation may require; stone is preferable when it can be easily procured. If the 
walls are to be of brick-work, a great saving might be made by leaving a vacuity 
in the centre of them, to be filled up with a composition of lime, sharp sand, or 
gravel. This sort of wall is both strong and durable, when properly tied by 
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