40 for a Couniry Seat. 



the Pains and Care he has been at in tl^is 



Choice. 



The Summary of all thai has been [aid as to 

 ScituatJons, 



The Sum of what has been ofFer'd, relating 

 to the happy Choice of Scituations, fcems to 

 be this, that it be a tnidling one, as we are here 

 fuppofing 'tis, and upon a gentle Plain de- 

 chning towards the South ; one Inch in ten 

 Foot is what we reckon a very proper Fall,but 

 if it is much improved by Slopes and Terrace 

 Walks as has already been dircfted, thea 

 you difpenfe with three or four Foot, in tea 

 Foot Fall, or morcc Again, it confifts of 2^ 

 good Corn Land, red Soil, or a black Pafture 

 Land, and principally ot,a firm gravelly Botr 

 torn; the Conveniencies of v/hich being aW 

 ready touchM upon in the beginning of this 

 Chapter, I lliall now enlarge upon, 

 ^^i;And fiift, in Refpect of that Benefit, it is to 

 all forts of Trees, as it keeps their Roots from 

 running Deep, and contrafting thofe Difeafes, 

 cfpecially Barrennefs, that commonly attend 

 them. under that Misfortune, to illuftrate this 

 by a few fpeculative Arguments : If the Sun 

 be iillow^d (as Philofophers by Aliufion call 

 it) to be the father, and the Earth the Mother 

 of Vegetation, 'tis not hard to conceive how 

 thofe Roots of Trees, that are defcended deep 

 ipto the Earthj fhould be entirely deftitute of 



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