xvi The IntrodSion to Ru al 

 there litdeSand Walks, about ^ or S 

 Foot wide 5 how clean and decently 

 might the Owner, his Friend and Fa- 

 mily walk, and view the Produce of 

 Nature, the Blefiings of the great God 

 of Heaven and Earth. 



It would be Tautology to enforce 

 any farther the Love of this Employ in 

 general, or of Rural Gardening in par- 

 ticular ; the very Name and Nature 

 of them are defirable, and the Ownef 

 will foon tafte thefe Plcafures, that 

 arife to the Recreation of the Body 

 and Mind, therefore 'twas in their F/7- 

 tas, that theAntientG;e6'4? and Ro7?ia7is 

 pafs'd away the happied Part of their 

 Times. How does Horace exult in his 

 Sabine K/Z/i/ and with what wonder- 

 ful Energy did/////)/ there compofe his 

 Orations, and by the way we may ob- 

 ferve, that their Habitations was fur- 

 rounded, rather with the general View 

 and Profpett of their extenfive Villas 

 than contra(5ted Gardens, 



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