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I have recommended Paving for the Middle 

 Walk of this grand Terrace, it being ve- 

 ry noble in its Kind 5 and, befides, there 

 are Times (efpecially wet Weather) when 

 Gravel-Walks are not fit to walk upon : In this 

 Cafe Pavement is of mighty Advantage 3 but 

 I only mention this en pajfant. 



The Side- Walks are of fine Gravely then 

 three Foot next the Paving of Cockle-Shells 3 

 the Fall into the Parterre is, next, which, to 

 avoid Expence, I would rather advife to be a 

 Slope of Grafs, than a Wall, in the Middlef 

 of thefe Grafs Verges, except it be in the ve- 

 jy Front of the Houfe. Let us fuppofe Elm- 

 Trees for Shade, fince the nobleft Terrace, 

 as well as any other Part of a Garden, is very 

 deficient without it. And at the End, except 

 the View be open and noble, one would ad- 

 vife a little Grove, with fhady Arbours and 

 RecelTes, at the End of which, on a Seat 

 placed, the Owner may view the Grandeur of 

 his Terrace, and have an oblique View like- 

 wife of two Fronts of his Building 5 but if it 

 be an open View (which is feldom to be had 

 at both Ends) then a Canal, Cafcade, or the 

 Continuance of thefe Lines, will be a noble 

 Termination. Thefe (hady Elms I very 

 much recommend, plac'd anddetach'd (as they 

 are defign'd) from the Body and Wings of the 

 Edifice. And the Want of this feems to me 

 to befome Difconut to the Beauty, as well as 

 the Convenience of that noble Terrace I have, 

 \a theSeries of this Chapter mention'd. Surely 



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