%6o Of Terrace-Walks. 



^Ifo the VVidth of the "Terrace and other 

 Walks, and the horizontal, perpendicular^ 

 and hypothenufal Lines thereof. 



And this is fuppofing the Terrace he rais'd 

 fsntirely of Earthy Clay, &c. brought from 

 Other Places 5 for where-ever it is cut out of 

 whole Ground, it is in it felf much the cheap- 

 er. But Terrace- Walks are fo very ufeful,as 

 well as beautiful, that one would by no mean§ 

 fail of having thefe Side-ones 5 fince if there 

 is not Stuff to fpare out of the Foundations of 

 a Houfe, or if the Houfe be already an old 

 one, or built but fome Time fince, by fink- 

 ing the Levels in the Parterre or Lawn, 'tis 

 an eafy Matter to procure Stuff enough for 

 any Qccafion, efpecially this 5 and we may 

 add thereto the Nearnefs of its Movement, 

 whicli is not a fmall Article. 



\yhen, therefore, in order to proceed regu- 

 larly in the Conduct of our Garden, the Ter- 

 race is done, or ftak'd out only, you are togo 

 to the Parterre, and at the Head thereof you 

 fink your Level three Foot and an half for the 

 Fall of the Terrace, which, according to 

 two Foot and an half horizontal to one Foot 

 perpendicular in the Fall, you are to make the 

 Bafe of your Slope eight Foot nine Inches ho- 

 jizontaL We do, in many Places, allow 

 three Foot horizontal to one Foot perpendicu- 

 lar ^ but this there is not always Room for ^ 

 but lefs than two we never ought, nor 

 more than three we need not 5 but this I have 

 mention'd elfcwhere : E'or tho' there are fome 



that 



