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house stands, but not very steep. The length 

 of the house, where the best rooms and of most 

 use or pleasure are, lies upon the breadth of 

 the garden ; the great parlor opens into the 

 middle of a terrace gravel-walk that lies even 

 with it, and which may lie, as I remember, 

 about three hundred paces long, and broad in 

 proportion ; the border set with standard laurels 

 and at large distances, which have the beauty 

 of orange-trees out of flower and fruit. From 

 this walk are three descents by many stone 

 steps, in the middle and at each end, into a 

 very large parterre. This is divided into quar- 

 ters by gravel-walks, and adorned with two 

 fountains and eight statues in the several quar- 

 ters. At the end of the terrace-walk are two 

 summer-houses, and the sides of the parterre 

 are ranged with two large cloisters open to 

 the garden, upon arches of stone, and ending 

 with two other summer-houses even with the 

 cloisters, which are paved with stone, and 

 designed for walks of shade, there being none 

 other in the whole parterre. Over these two 

 cloisters are two terraces covered with lead and 

 fenced with balusters : and the passage into 

 these airy walks is out of the two summer- 

 houses at the end of the first terrace-walk. The 

 cloister facing the south is covered with vines, 

 have been proper for an orange* 



