It will be found that these are exactly the positions of all the appendages at MICHEL GROVE. But, in support of my opinion, it may be proper to give some reasons for the choice of these general positions. 1. The aspect of a house requires the first consideration, since no beauty of prospect can compensate for the cold exposure to the north, the glaring blaze of a setting sun, or the frequent boisterous winds and rains from the west and south-west; while, in a southern aspect, the sun is too high to be troublesome in summer, and, during the winter, it is seldom an unwelcome visitant in the climate of England. 2, 3. It can hardly be necessary to enumerate the advantages of placing the offices near, and stables at no great distance from the house. 4. The many interesting circumstances that lead us into a kitchen-garden, the many inconveniences which I have witnessed from the removal of old gardens to a distance, and the many instances in which I have been desired to bring them back to their original situations, have led me to conclude, that a kitchen-garden cannot be too near, if it be not seen from the house. 5. So much of the comfort of a country residence depends on the produce of its home farm, that even if the proprietor of the mansion should have no pleasure in the fashionable experiments in husbandry, yet a farm, with all its appendages, is indispensable: but, when this is considered as an object of profit, the gentleman-farmer commonly mistakes his aim; and, as an object of ornament, I hope the good taste of the country will never confound the character of a park with that of a farm.
