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or the like, as is at firft generally the Efti- 

 mate, tho' perhaps it amounts afterwards to 

 twice or thrice the Money : Yet were it but 

 50, or even 20, 30, or 40, I fhould not ad- 

 vife the laying out fo much on one finglefmall 

 Spot. 



I am not altogether againft Fountains a- 

 dorn'd with Mafonry, and other fuperficial 

 Embellifliments, but cann't advife them in 

 any but the moft elegant Quarters and Re- 

 ceiTes of what we efteem the finefl: Parts of the 

 Gardens. 



As for other exterior Parts (except Stone 

 is very plenty and cheap) 'twould be rather 

 honeft to advife a Grafly, ftrong Turf round 

 the Edge of the Fountain, Canal, and Pond, 

 as being very natural^ and of little Expence. 

 Water is not the left, but rather the more 

 beautiful by it -^ and tho' thefe Stone-Works 

 may be allow'd to Fountains, 'twill by no 

 means bear the fame Allowance to Canals, or 

 other larger Works. 



The Method which is now ufed in this 

 Cafe, is to dig the Fountains, Canals, or 

 Ponds we have all along been fpeakiug of, 

 in the nature of a Skimming-Di(h, which is 

 a Segment of a Circle 5 in the Mathematical 

 Conftrudion of which, there will be a great 

 deal more in the next Book. Five or fix 

 Foot is deep enough for any one of them 5 

 which done, if the Ground be not a Natural 

 Clay or Heavy Land, and full of Springs, 

 Vol. I. X but 



