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Level ought to fwim, as it were, over Hill 

 and Dale 5 or if it be a ftrait Line, it ought 

 to fall at once, by a Slope, with fuch Divifi- 

 ons to anfwer it as the Nature of the Place re- 

 quires. This is to befeen at Letter D^ and 

 the rolling Level appears at Letters e e e. In 

 this, neverthelefs, the Walk ought to be a 

 dead Level, crofs-wife. To fum up all, the 

 Fall from the Ground-Floor of the Houfe (in 

 this Profile) to the Extent of the Park- Wall, 

 or of the grand Walk,as far as one would have 

 it appear a Garden, is 24 Foot 6 Inches, 

 which is a very proper Fall, and is thus ac- 

 counted, 



F. L 



The Bafement 5 o 



The Fall from the great Terrace 3 6 



The Fall of the Parterre 6 o 



The Fall at Letter D 3 6 



The Fall of the rolling Level — 6 6 



24 6 



Obfervations on Fig. 3, z?t the ^dPIate» 



This Figure is put to demonftrate the Pro- 

 file of a Parterre, crofs-wife, with the Ter- 

 race-Walks on each Side 3 and is what in ge- 

 neral is, or ought to be, near upon a flat or 

 dead Level, fince it is to anfwer the Length 

 of the grand Terrace, the Level and Plinth of 

 the Houfe, &c. And this Scheme fully (hews 

 where it ought to be flat, and where convex 3 as 



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