Of rural and extenfive Gardening. 59 

 Defign as it appears ftak'd our, tells more than 

 many Words. 



I ihall only advife on this, of Line and 

 Level, that the Slopes of the Side Terraces in 

 the Bottom, Level of the Bowling-green, or 

 otherwife the Parterre of Water, are by the 

 caft-fall made con fiderably greater, in Truth 

 jufl: double ; for that the Side Terraces fliould 

 keep the Level all of one length quite thro*. 

 When theretore the level ismadeacrofsthehead 

 of our Work at O O, and at A, that then you 

 repeat the fame at D, quite crofs the Bottom 

 of the Work, letting the fide Terraces hang 

 half an Inch in ten Foot, as the Parterre a- 

 bove does an Inch ; and this will caufe the 

 Stakes at F F, the Top of the Side Terraces, 

 at the lower- end to be two Foot and fix 

 Inches, or there-abouts fall, and the fame 

 Level at F F, to be (fuppofing the Level of 

 the Bowling-green, or Parterre of Water, a 

 dead one, which it mufl Le) four Foot fix 

 Inches 5 befides, if it be fuppos'd to cramp 

 the Slope, *tis an eafy matter to give the 

 Walks on each fide the faid Bowling-green, 

 d^c. a Foot dependance to the Bottom of the 

 Lawns and that will make the Head of the 

 Terrace at F F, five Foot fix Inches, which 

 will make the Crampnefs of the two Levels 

 imperceptible , I mean, that of the upper 

 Level falling an Inch in ten Foot, and the 

 lower one, being upon a dead Level, whilft 



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