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Grates, five inches by seven, fixed loose into a small frame of iron, wood, or 

 stone, would afford sufficient room for cleaning out the pit; and this size 

 would not be so offensive to tbe eye as larger ones. To make tbem still less 

 objectionable, it would be better to fix tbem either entirely in the grass verge, 

 or as close to it as possible, and only a very little lower than the level of the 

 walk. 



In situations where it is necessary for the walks to be very abruptly 

 steep, small rises, like steps, should be formed, having the fiats, or treads, 

 three or four feet broad. This may be done by first placing a larch trunk 

 across the whole width of the walk, to form the front of the rise, and then 

 filling up the whole with fine gravel, or paving it with pebbles or very small 

 paving stones, in a gradual ascent, until it is necessary to place another 

 trunk, and so on. If this is not attended to, such steep parts left in the 

 usual way are liable to be disfigured and greatly injured by rapid runs of 

 water ; they are, moreover, actually unsafe. 



Grass walks are soft, cool, and inviting : a luxury in hot dry weather, but 

 useless in wet weather. When room is plentiful, and the expense of keeping 

 them in order no object, such walks may be formed through wooded scenery. 

 In doing this, formality must be avoided : the walks should be of various or 

 irregular widths — sometimes three or four yards, and at others ten or fifteen 

 — fringed naturally with bushes, or shrubs and trees. In order to make a 

 grass walk of this kind more generally useful, it must be kept closely mown 

 and well chained. 



