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levation of any Perfon that walks round his 

 Garden, to view all that lyes round him. And 

 this Elevation is fo neceflary, that all Gar- 

 dens muft be efteem*d very deficient, that have 

 them not : And, to be plain, I think it the 

 greateft Fault imaginable in the Author of the 

 Theory and PraBtce of Gardenings that he has 

 not been more particular in that Refpeft, ef- 

 pecially that he has not defign d them next to 

 his main Building, where they are fo abfo- 

 Jutely neceffary, both as to Ufe and Beauty, 

 that I dare pronounce a Seat of no Value with- 

 out them 5 andjbefideSjWhere-evertheHoufe is 

 to be new built, there is no Poflibility of dif- 

 pofing of the Earth, Clay, Rubbiih, &c. that 

 necefiarily comes out of the Cellars and Foun- 

 dation thereof, but this ^ which we muft o- 

 therwife fuppofe (amidft a thoufand need- 

 lefs Works) is to be carted away, to fill up 

 fome Hollow or other, which had been bet- 

 ter left undone perhaps likewife. 



Of Terrace AValks there are feveral Kinds, 

 as they are particularly us*d. 



The I ft, is that great Terrace that lies 

 next the Houfe. 



The 2d, Side, or Middle Terrace, that is 

 commonly rais'd or cut out above the Level 

 of the Parterre, Lawn, &c. 



The 3d, Thofe that encompafs a Garden 5 

 and 



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