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tilted, a little more steeply than the first and should be 

 placed a little higher. It must be well let into the mound. 

 Continue this process along the foot of the mound till the 

 corner is reached where, if the quarry is to be imitated, 

 the rock should crop out. This is managed by choosing 

 a stone with two good faces at right angles to each other. 

 This stone is let well into the mound, with the two faces 

 visible at the corner. 



Assuming that these few stones are arranged to dip 

 slightly to the South, those round the corner may be laid 

 level with the corner stone, or they may dip in gently. 

 The stones on opposite sides of a mound should be arranged 

 to dip in the same direction. 



We have now put one layer of stones all round a single 

 mound of earth. Let us stop and view our work. If the 

 mound of earth is rather steep, the second layer of stones 

 must be of fair size ; perhaps even bigger than the first. 

 We choose from the stone heap half a dozen or so with at 

 least one fairly good and well defined face, and recommence 

 our building where our first stone was laid. The earth 

 requires some management. \Vith a spade we dig a hole 

 a few inches deep for our new stone, and put it in. It must 

 not be on the top of our first stone, but 3-6 ins. behind it, 

 leaving a tempting " pocket " of earth between. The rest 

 of the stones are arranged in a similar manner, dipping in 

 the direction of the bottom layer, and leaving some good 

 pockets for rock-plants. Go round the mound and put 

 on stones in the same manner, making them all lean slightly 

 into the mound and avoid overhanging the pockets below. 



With a third layer a difficulty may be encountered at 

 each valley. The main lines and dip of the stones should 

 be continued across the valleys when possible, but leaving 

 a gap or cutting, the sides of which may be steeper than 

 that of the side of the mound facing the path. For the 

 corners of a valley choose a stone showing the bedding line 

 on one face to continue the main line and dip on the opposite 

 side of the valley, and having a craggy broken-off appear- 

 ance at right angles, for the side running up the valley. 



