

' Geometrical Injlrudions. 

 Introduction. 



MONGST the fevcral Bullneffes to 

 which the Mathematicks is turn'd, 'tis 

 certain that 'tis no v/here and in no Cafe 

 more ufeful, plain, and diverting, than 

 in this of Laying out of Gardens, Villa's, and 

 large Eftates : For however extenfively the Word 

 Geometry \s now apply'd, it was,at firft,no more than 

 the meafuring out,diftributing,and fixing,the Boun- 

 daries, or Enclofures, of the large Demefnes, and 

 the lefTer or more immediate Decorations of the 

 noble Villa's and Granges of the ancienteft and 

 politeft Part of the World, of which the well- 

 known Relation of the Over-flowing of the River 

 iVf/g undeniably proves. 



To this I fhall then apply what I have here to 

 fet down, as neceflary to be learnt by all young 

 Surveyors and Layers out of Ground, not mixing 

 ©r confounding it with thofe many Rules and Pro- 

 blems that are contain'd in other Books of the 

 Mathematicks, out of which 'tis not eafy for a 

 Beginner, nor indeed for many Gardeners of fome 

 Standing, to colled what is ufeful and necclTary to 

 be knc>\^n. I fhall 



