Of rural and extenfive Gardenings 5 7 



Building at the fame Time, bury'd as it were, 

 under Ground. 



The Plinth ought, then, to be at lead three 

 Foot and a half, above the common Level of 

 the Ground 5 for 'tis eafy^ in Cafe an etror is 

 committed on that Side the Queftion^to reme- 

 dy it. 



I need not fay much here, as to the 

 lining out thofe Out-court Yards, as to the 

 levelling and firlt fixing the Plinth ,* for in 

 Cafe we ihould ly miftake fix the Levels a lit- 

 tle too high, 'tis an eafy matter to make good 

 the Terraces^ by finking the Parterre or Court 

 Yards a little the lower; and if the Terraces 

 are four or five high round the Building, it is 

 yet an error on the right Side, and as has been 

 often obferv'd, makes the Building ftill the 

 loftier. 



This being vi^ell underftood, and the Level 

 and Bottom of the Plinth fiX*d rather too 

 high than too low, it is eafy to fix in and 

 level the Stakes in the grand Court, and the 

 lefler Court Yards, from thofe that theMafons 

 and the Gardener agree upon for the Level ; 

 and if the Ground falls off, to let thofe Courts 

 hang likewife ; and ifotherwife, to let them 

 remain on a dead Level. And from this let us 

 recurn to the flaking out, and levelling the 

 Side Terraces, which I would in fuch a De- 

 fign, as this, always, plead for, for the Reafons 

 I have urged in the Chapter treating of Ter- 

 race 



