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Level, you muft at every ten Foot fix in a 

 Stake ^ or, becaufe of the Drain, let it be ra- 

 ther of Brick or Tiles laid upon one another, 

 'til they are at their proper Level, allowii)g 

 an Inch and an half Fall to every ten Foot, 

 and that will make the true Level, all theother 

 Lines fwimming (as we commonly term it) 

 from the Plinth of the Terrace- Wall that isori 

 each Side the Court, and from the Center of 

 i the Oval down to that Level in the Hollow, 

 Gutter, or Drain. 



As the Court is thus pitch'd, and of a de- 

 pending Level, if it be a Stone Country, all 

 the Terraces round fliould be pav'd, and even 

 that that is at the farther End of the Court, 

 And this Terrace muft of Neceflity be of a 

 dead Level, that it may anfwer the Bafemeni: 

 and Plinth of the main Building, and likewiib 

 the Wall, or Parapet, that fupports the Ter- 

 race, all the Lines lying fwimming from ir, 

 down to the Hollow, as has been before ob- 

 ferv'd. 



It is eafy to conceive the Neatnefs, Beauty,/ 

 and Cleannefs, that there is in Courts of this 

 Kind, more than in thofe whofe Horfc and 

 Foot go together. Befides, that this little E- 

 levation is of Advantage to the Heighth of a 

 Building, every Body will, I dare fay, readi- 

 ly own^ fo that a Terrace- Walk round the 

 Court of a magnificent, or even of any fmail' 

 Rate of Building, is abfolutely neceffary, if 

 the Owner would keep his Foot-Paffages clean, 

 and give a proper Elevation to his Building. 



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