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method of preparing the outhne with tiie 

 spade according to the stakes, the whole of 

 that outhiie must, in every instance, be stiff 

 and formal: it would be so, should the level 

 be so exactly and minutely taken, that 

 the line were precisely that Avhich the 

 water itself would describe ; and much 

 more so if artificial sweeps should be made. 

 The bank therefore beinor at first left in its 

 natural form, and the water itself being his 

 best guide with respect to any changes it 

 might be proper to make, he would go 

 round every part Avith a painter's, not a 

 mere gardener's eye; and instead of ex- 

 amining hovr he might make the sweeps 

 more regular, the bank more uniformly 

 sloping to the water edge, and every thing 

 more smooth, he would consider in what 

 parts the varieties I have mentioned could 

 be introduced most naturally, and with 

 most effect. 



The two principal changes in the mere 

 ground are effected, first, by removing earth 

 from the banks, in order to form coves and 

 inlets of various sizes ; and, secondly, by 



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