I4^ Of Court-Yards. 



It has formerly been the Method, to place a 

 Fountain in the Middle of Court-Yards, or to 

 make, in its Room, a large circular or oval 

 Plott 5 but this is altogether difus^ at prefect, 

 fince thereby, when there are a great Num- 

 ber of Coaches, it would be no fmall Trouble 

 for them to ftand at Qiaiet, in fo narrow a 

 circular Way, as is commonly allow'd'^ when 

 by this Means, thofe that are unemploy'd may 

 eafiiy move out of the Way, upon this Oval, 

 (or any fuch like Figure) and there remain, 

 'till they have Occafion to move. In Confe- 

 quence of this 'tis therefore now the Manner, 

 to pave the grand Court all over^ and that 

 they may appear (as all other fuperficial Orna^ 

 ments about Country-Seats do, or ought to 

 do) with fome Variety, they are commonly 

 pitched Chequer and Star- wife, or circular, or 

 in fuch Form as the ingenious Artift pleafes, 

 with different- colour'd Stones, The Method 

 here taken is more eafiiy difcoverd by infped- 

 ing the Plate, than by many Words. 



The laft Thing I (hall mention, as worth 

 our Notice, is the particular Level which is 

 given to this Court, in order to carry off the 

 Water the better, and the Method of fetting 

 them. 



The Center of the Oval is exadly a dead 

 Level from A 5 fo that after you have tix'd 

 thofe two, and niark'd out the great Circle, or 

 Gutter, (under which there ought to be a 

 Drain, two Foot fquare, with Grates at every 

 twenty Foot Diftance) then, 1 fay, for us 



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