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inoft Hafte of feeing in Perfeftion, and fow- 

 ing thofe that lye fartheft out of Sight. 



The Sum of all, as to the Expence, is 2 s. 

 or 2s. 6d, per Rod,at which Rate any Gentle- 

 man may level thefe Works, and rake and 

 turf them, provided he goes not above one 

 Foot deep in the excrefcential Parts of it, or 

 does not raife it above one Foot deep in the 

 Hollows, that is to fay, in plain Terms, that 

 can by his Care and Judgment fo manage it, 

 that what he takes off at one Place, may make 

 good another^ and not more 5 which requires 

 fome Judgment and Care in calculating, and 

 is, indeed, a Province that very few arrive to 

 any Proficiency in, without a confiderable 

 deal of Experience. 'Tis in this refpeft that 

 many Gardeners run their Mailers to an infir 

 nite Expence to no Purpofe, and make them 

 pay foundly for the Negleft of good Ad- 

 vice. 



All that I have to add more on this Matter, 

 is, that I have made both the Steps and the 

 Lines of high Trees, that ftand upon the 

 Tops of the Slopes, tofplay off which I take 

 to be abfolutely neceffary in Works of this 

 Kind, which by the Diminution of the vifu- 

 al Rays are apt to contrad the Vifta too 

 much 5 and I fliall finilh this Chapter by ad- 

 vifing, that whenever your Slopes be of a hot 

 burning Gravel, or Sand, you carefully pre- 

 ferve all your good Mold to line your Slopes 

 with, to keep them from burning in the 

 Summer-Time 5 and, ifpoffible, you fliould 



procure 



