CONSTRUCTION OF WALKS AND DRIVES 99 



ambitious effect, or a pattern may be worked 

 out on some such lines as indicated in the 

 illustration. In this it will be seen that whole 

 bricks are used throughout. It is not desir- 

 able to adopt a pattern which involves 

 much cutting of bricks, because of the 

 difficulty of making neat joints with the cut 

 ends. 



If the centre part is well laid the other 

 marginal line of bricks will lie neatly along its 

 free side and complete the path. 



In bedding the bricks upon their seating 

 the sand may be added to or removed, as oc- 

 casion requires, to bring the upper surface of 

 the bricks to the general level. The principal 

 precaution needed is to bed each brick firmly, 

 so that no subsequent subsidence of individual 

 bricks can occur. 



If preferred, the marginal bricks may 

 be laid on edge, to stand, say, about two 

 inches above the level of the centre, but 

 that practice is not conducive to efficient 

 drainage. 



I have pointed out that the brick path can 

 dispense with edging tiles, but to make it serve 

 the purpose of the tile edging it must be 



