Of rural and extenfive Garden -ng. 5 5 

 and by flipping the flule up and down at the 

 lower-end of the Parterre at E, a piece of Pa- 

 per, and driving the Stake there, till it comes 

 to the cxadmeafureof twoFoot, feven Inches 

 and an halC 



'Tis true, thefe finkings might have been 

 done as you went all along in the meafuring 5 

 but I have in this place, a defire ro fhow the 

 Plan, and Projfile diftincily, and fo leave it to 

 the Gardeners Choice. And nov/ let us go 

 on again to fink the Slope, which, fuppofing 

 to be three Foot and a half, either more or lefs, 

 according as the Ground feems beft to allow 5 

 for I would by no means limit any B^dy 5 the 

 finking or raifing an Inch may fave the 

 Workman 10 or 20/. in his Pocket, and the 

 Work never the worfe •, and the truth is, 'tis 

 in this, that the greateil: Jadgment of an Un- 

 dertaker confifts, (yiz^ that he has fo great 

 Care and Knowledge as to fix his Levels in 

 fuch a manner, that he may not have any Earth 

 to bring in, or to carry a //ay. 



But, to re-aflume the Subjeft we were upon, 

 we are now fallen from the Levels of the 

 grand Terrace, firft, three Foot and a half^ 

 then, two Foot (even Inches and a half, and, 

 laftofall, three Foot and a half, which is in 

 all nine Foot feven Inches and a half, and be 

 this laft Level, either a Parterre of Water, 

 or a Bowling-green , or any other Le- 

 vel Parterre, or Lav/n of Grafs, we may 

 perceive according to the Draft^ that v»'e are 



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