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taken off from one Place, 'tis receiv'd by Per- 

 fons working in feme Hollow near them, 

 where they are at the fame Time employing 

 themfelves in filling up and ramming thofe 

 Hollows. And, indeed, the fetting a great 

 many Hands at Work together, is of great Ufe 

 in this and moft other Works. 



In thefe Figures are therefore contain'd our 

 Englifi Method of levelling an Hill into Ter- 

 race-Walks and Slopes 5 how the fame is to 

 be particularly levelFd and iin*d out, and how 

 the Stuif is to be mov'd, and where plac'd : 

 By which Time we may fuppofe our Hill is 

 brought to what we call a rough Level 5 let 

 us now proceed to ihew how they are to re- 

 ceive their finifliing Stroke, how they are to 

 be planted, &c. 



The Hill being, as is before fuppos'd, 

 brought almoft to a Level, the Workmen be- 

 gin to ftrain their Line anew, and to take the 

 Rake in Hand, in order to make good their 

 Diagonal Lines 5 and that being done, the 

 Qiiarters betwixt them, as are the Quarters a 

 b c d e f, &c. the Work will begin to ap- 

 pear. And that the Lines may be the neater 

 made out, in the carrying on this Work there 

 ought to be a Referve of the top and beft 

 Mold, to coat the Slopes with, and fuch re- 

 ferv'd for the finifliing, as will rake fine, ei- 

 ther for the laying of Turf, or Sowing, which 

 will come to be fpoke of by-and-by, 



I think the Method of levelling in the 

 Stakes, (training the Lines, Rakmg, and 



Dreffing, 



