Of rural and extenfive Gctrdening, 55 

 pair for any Q^ieftion he derives upon his 

 Draught, as to Length and Width. 



Upon this Paper having then made an Abridg- 

 ment of the whole Defign, or, which is rather a 

 plainerWay of expreffing it, reduced the who'e 

 Plan into a fmaiier Scale than theOiiginal, 

 (perhaps, from 20 in an Inch to 40, Ircm go 

 to 60, or from 40 to 80, and fo onj you will 

 by a little Exreniion of the Lines, the B >un- 

 daries of the Plan, at lead, that Part cf it th.at 

 lies neareft to our Building, Vvhich fuppofe to 

 be the Lines mark'd out. Figure the ift, on 

 the next Plate, 



Which Lines, being all quoted as to their 

 Length and Breadth upon our Draft, or Paper, 

 as above (For it is the moft puzzHng thing 

 imaginable to let that alone, and to take the 

 Length and Width of by the CompalFes in the 

 Field) you are to begin, iirfr, at the Houfe, 

 all the Lines there being ftak'd out already 

 by the Builders, as before menrioa'd : Then 

 having found the midd'e Line (Vv^hich indeed 

 is, or already ought to be, done by the Builders 

 in the fetting out the Foundations of their 

 Work) you are to fet off, firft, the Terrace 

 Walks, a hundred Foot the Horizontal Lin.s 

 of the Slope down into the Parterre, ten Foot: 

 out each place, fetting down Stakes, txadly in 

 the Places where thofe Dimenfions fall. 



Keeping then flrait forwards in the middle 

 Lines, you are to fet off three hundred and 

 fifteen Foot for the length of the Parterre, 



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