In various situations various expedients have been adopted; thus, at ANTONY, I recommended, near the gate, a cottage, over which is a room, to command the fine view of the harbour, &c. At St. JOHN'S, in the Isle of Wight, two cottages covered with flowering creepers, attract the notice of all who visit the island; and while one is a comfortable residence for a family, the other consists of a room near the road side, from whence the mind derives peculiar satisfaction in seeing the constant succession of visitors who leave their homes in search of happiness. In some places the cottage is more conspicuous, by dividing the road to the house from the public road, as at MILTON; but, in most cases, I have endeavoured to conceal the cottage, when it is quite solitary, among the trees, only shewing the gate of entrance.
