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fpitted out, (as will be taught more by-arid-'^ 

 by) the Mafon, or Brick-layer, is at the Cen- 1 

 terof the Garden-Front, to ereft a Square 

 Peer, or Bafe of rough Stone, (as the Bafe A, 

 Fig. i) on the Top of which he is to lay a 

 fmooth flat Free-ftone Cap, and to make it ex- 

 actly level, that by laying thereon a long 

 Rule, you may at any Time turn it about, 

 and take a general Survey of all your Levels. 

 This Stone, with its Cap, fhould be juft the 

 Height of the Top of the Bafement, being the 

 Level of the grand Floor ^ or, to fpeak more 

 plainly, the Level of the Great Hall, Dining- 

 Room, &c. and the Rooms that lye contigu- 

 ous thereto. 



This Bafe- Peer ought to be fix d with Judg- 

 ment, according to the Nature of the Ground, 

 and the Height you intend the firft and grand 

 Floor fhould be 5 which, generally fpeaking, 

 ought to be 7 or 8 Foot above the natural 

 Ground, allowing three Foot and an half for 

 the Height of your grand Terrace, and four 

 Foot, or four Foot and an half for the Height 

 of your Bafement above that grand Terrace 5 

 which four Foot, or four Foot and an half, 

 we fuppofe to make eight or nine Steps, for 

 the Number of Steps going up from off the 

 great Terrace, to the Level of the Hall-Floor. 



This pitching the grand Floor fo high, be- 

 fides the Elevation it gives the Houfe, is ve- 

 ry convenient, in as much as thereby the Cel- 

 lars are lefs damp and moifl 5 and where-ever 

 Springs are apt to rife, it is attended with the 



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