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nefs, that they are (next to the divine Peace 

 and Tranquility of their own Minds) capable 

 of procuring for themfelves in this World. 



But to go on. The Length of the South 

 Garden Front is about 80 Foot, and the 

 Breadth 355 but, by contracling the Scale, 

 the whole Defign may be enlarg d. And if 

 the Owner can with Convenience, it would 

 do ftill better, if the Garden Front could be 

 ICO Foot 5 but this may do, tho* the Rooms 

 are but fmall, which is in thefe Times very- 

 well approved of. 



A, in Plate the 26th, is the Hall, B the 

 Dining-Room^ CCCC are Drawings, or 

 B^d-chambers, and D D D D are Clofets. 



I don't pretend to be exaft as to the Build- 

 ing Part ^ but fomething like this is what ma- 

 ny Surveyors recommend ^ and this I leave to 

 better Judgment. 



I would always advife againft building ma- 

 ny Court-Walls, where Frugality is requir'd^ 

 they foon run up to a great deal of Money t^ 

 but 'tis hard to avoid making fome few, to 

 enclofe thefe Court or Wood Yards, and to 

 keep Cattel and Deer from running into the 

 very Houfe^ but if any Perfon would content 

 himfelf with Elm-Hedges, or, which is bet- 

 ter, (but flower of Growth) Holly-Hedge, 

 this would be an impenetrable Fence, would 

 break all the Winds better than Walls, and 

 would always appear in a Foreft Manner, and 

 cpnduft the Eye as well as a Wall* 



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