Gf GOURT-Y AR DS. 145 



And, in order to exemplify the whole De- 



fign, in one of the following Plates will be 



epitomiz'd the feveral Parts in one Defign, 



>vith their Manner of laying out, .&c. 



A Defcription of Plate the 2 6th 



Altho' the firfl Defign be truly noble in its 

 Kind, yetitmuftbe ailovv'd to be very ex- 

 penfive withal^ befides, in Foreft or Hunting 

 Seats (as well as the Seats of the more inferior 

 Part of the Gentry) where the Nobility pafs 

 away in Happinefs Part of their Time, a lit- 

 tle more Rurality, and lefs Expence, will do 

 as well, or better. I can t, indeed, tell how 

 far a Perfon of my Profeffion may be allowed 

 the Liberty of cenfuring or reproving any Ex^ 

 travagancy of Defign in fome of inferior 

 Rank of our own Country ^ but it is certain- 

 ly too true, that fome of them do very much 

 exceed the Limits of their Honour, as they 

 do alfoof their Eftates, in great Defigns of 

 Building, and a very expenfivje Way of Gar- 

 dening likewife. And whoever takes a Sur- 

 vey of thefe Kingdom will find, that to this 

 is owing the many confus'u,unfinifh*d Schemes 

 fo very common in feveral Parts thereof. 



And, in Truth, this firft fetting out, is ge- 

 nerally the Rock that all Mankind fplit upon 5 

 for fuch Expences are, generally fpeaking, in- 

 creas'd double to what they were computed at, 

 and by that Means the Owner's ready Money 

 13 commonly expended, beforp he hath half 



L ' finiftiV 



