S^ OfruTJl and extenfive Gardening. 

 at the lower-end of our Levels, and inencring 

 upon our Wood-work : It is therefore now 

 our putpore,having eftabliflVd the middle Line 

 3nd Level, to let the further-end of the 

 Ground Walk to be followed as it naturally 

 lies, C^xcept there fliould happen to be an ex- 

 traordinary deep Hole, or a Hill, that ftopps 

 the View) to let it have its faid natural Courfe, 

 and to return to the lining and levelling of the 

 iide Divilion? of this Defign. 



It is very obvious to any, that underftand 

 the leafl: of Line and Level, that the Divifions 

 quite round the Building, and the great Ter- 

 race that the Levels thereof depend on the 

 Eottoni of the Plinth of the Bafis of the Houie 5 

 and that every Undertaker ought to fo fore- 

 caft his Bullnefs, that the Earth that comes out 

 of the Foundations and Cellars of theBuilding, 

 ftould fupply all the Defefts of the natural 

 Ground, that it fhould help to raife that and 

 a'l the Terraces, and give the Building it felf 

 that Elevation, that is required to it, in order 

 to comp'eat its Beauty and Magnificence 5 and 

 this is the particular Care of the Surveyor and 

 Gardentr, aad not fo mush the Builders, who 

 veryfrldom and (indeed it is not fo muchi 

 their Fuunefs) ca!e whereabout they fix their 

 Plinth and Bafi?, leaving the Gardener at laft 

 to rernove, perhaps, at a very great Difadvan- 

 iage, all the fuperfluous Earth that lies round 

 f he Buildings, and entails anExpence almoft 

 ^s" great as the making his Gardens, and the 



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