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greatert Advantage imaginable. Befides which, 

 the Expence of digging the Cellars, is confide- 

 rably leilen d 5 only fo low it ought to be 

 fix'd, that the Cellars mayafFord StufFenough 

 therefrom, and from the main Foundations, to 

 make the Terrace-Walks, and fuch like Emi- 

 nences, that are projefted, and which the Na- 

 ture of your Ground abfolutely requires. 



And before I go any farther, I can't but re- 

 commend the carting out all this Earth or 

 Clay, rather than wheeling, becaufe one is 

 a very great Charge more than the other 5 

 I have obferv'd, that one ought never to 

 wheel above 15 or 20 Yards at mofl:, except 

 it be in fome Cafes, where there is not a good 

 Supply of Stuff, or where fix or eight Men 

 can't ftand to work, to keep the Carts always 

 moving : In this Cafe, in order to forward 

 the Work as much as poffible, let one Cart al- 

 ways be ftanding, with two Horfes ready har- 

 nefs'd, and another always going 5 and this 

 makes an incredible Difpatch, if you have fix, 

 eight, ten, or twelve Men always digging 

 and filling, and three or four fpreading and 

 levelling it, as it is carry'd out into the Ter- 

 race-Walk, or other Hill. 



The Terrace- Walk, or Mount, being al- 

 ready ftak'd out, and Care taken that they 

 do not lay the Earth or Clay, fo taken out, 

 too high, allowing always 8 or iclnchesior 

 good Mold, Turf, or Gravel, and in the finifli- 

 . ing the Plan or Surface of this Walk. 



Let 



