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all the reft of the Court /hould iye rounding, 

 under which there ought to be Drains for the 

 Conveyance of the Water. This Declenfion, 

 that is juft mentioned, is not only of Ufe, 

 but is alfo of confiderable Advantage in the 

 elevating the Houfe, and giving a good 

 Profped to the diftant Beholder, which is 

 what many Houfes want. And 'tis not of 

 the leaft, bur, on the contrary, the great- 

 eft Beauty, Advantage, and Conveniency 

 imaginable, to have a Terrace-Walk round, 

 or by the Side of, a Court 5 for by it 

 the Houfe is ftill elevated the higher to any 

 Perfon that comes in upon the grand Level 

 of the Court-Yard, be he either on Foot or 

 Horfe-back 5 befides the Cleannefs, Decency, 

 and Convenience there is for Servants and 

 others, that pafs on Foot from one OfEce to 

 another- In Truth, it ought to be the chief 

 Care of any Surveyor, to give his Houfe all 

 the Elevation he can 5 but of that more by- 

 snd-by. 



In the 2d Place, tlie Foundation of a Court- 

 lard, or, to fpcak more intelligibly, the 

 pitching, ought to be firmly fixM in the Earth. 

 But thefe being the Employs of a particular 

 Trade, I fliall leave it to them. 



A Defcription of the 2'^th PJate^ (of Court- 

 TarJs.) 



The principal Part of my Defign in this 

 Plate, is to fhcw my Reader (by Way of Pre- 



Jiminarv) 



