^74 ^/ Terr ACE- Walks. 



great Depth of the Slopes ; but this fhould be 

 carefully dedufted out of every Perpendicular. 

 For Inftance, the Perpendiculars of the next 

 Slope being 12 Foot,you ought to deduft thefe 

 6 Inches, (if you allow fo much) and make it 

 but II Foot 6 Inches^ ftill allowing 24 Foot 

 for the Bafe of it -^ otherwife your Meafures 

 will not hit together at laft. 



The middle Line of Stakes, from Top to 

 Bottom, being fix'd, we come now to the ge- 

 neral Plan, and to the Care and Art that there 

 is required in flaking it out. 



Obfervation on Fig. 3, Plate 27. 



It appears, by the Scheme, to be an Imita- 

 tion of Fortification, in which there feems to 

 be little Occafion to follow the exafl: Rules 

 thereof, but to ufe it chiefly fo, as that it 

 may the moft conduce to the Beauty and na* 

 tural Form of the Hill. I need fay Ihtle as 

 to the reducing Fortification into Gardening 5 

 'tis what will, I believe, be very pleafing to 

 all the martial Genius's of our Country ^ and 

 it feems fomewhat of Wonder, that it has not 

 been made Ufe of before now. The fir ft that 

 was made Ufe of, of this Kind, was the Am- 

 bit o{t\iQ Gardens at Blenheim-^ but that is af- 

 ter the ancient Roman Manner : I fhall not, in 

 this Place, infift much thereon, leaving it 'til 

 I come to the Fencing in of Gardens^ where 

 this Way of Fortification will come in very 

 opportunely, apd, I doubt not, be very agree- 

 able 



