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The Cottages stand either clustered or scattered in groups,
or singly up and down the valleys. Their forms and colours
generally harmonise with their situations. The
dwelling-houses, originally white, but stained and
weather-beaten, present the grotesque appearance of such
various additions as the necessities or caprices of
successive owners have suggested. They may be seen placed on
knolls, or up the hill-sides, beyond the reach of floods,
and their doors protected from wintry blasts, by porches of
slate. Above the rough slated roofs (the abode of lichens,
mosses, and ferns) rise the low chimnies, consisting
sometimes of four upright little pillars, with a slate at
the top and a stone to keep it steady, sometimes of a square
base, surmounted by a tall cylinder. The garden is near,
with its flowers and pot-herbs and shed for bees; and not
far off is the mountain rill, falling into a rude trough of
slate, or trickling through a wooden spout.
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