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men, (tho' not many neither) but I believe 

 my felf the firft that has committed it to 

 Print, for the Pubiick Good. In this one Ar- 

 ticle I hope to have fhewn the Method of 

 faving Two hundred Pounds out of Three, 

 which is a confiderable deal 5 and there are 

 a great many more Articles which I fhall 

 hereafter obferve, where there is an infinite 

 deal of Money ill expended in Gardening and 

 Country Bufinefs. 



There are feveral Engines for the forcing 

 Water up a Hill, for the Ufes in Gardening 5 

 but thefe belong to another fort of Trade 

 than to us Gard'ners, and fo I fliall fay little 

 of them ; However, it may not be amifs to 

 add, that about fixty or feventy Pounds will 

 purchafe a very good Horfe-Engine 5 a finall 

 Sum, confidering the infinite Advantages that 

 accrue to a Seat thereby. 



There are other ways of bringing Water for 

 the Conveniency and Beauty of Houfes and 

 Gardens ^ and that is by Drains laid to con- 

 dud it from higher Land to fome well-made 

 Pond or Referve 5 for we often fee that thofe 

 Ponds are kept full by Rain it felf: much bet- 

 ter would it be if there were conduding 

 Drains or Ditches to help it. Rapin is very 

 plain to this purpofe. 



I (hall not trace the Bufinefs of Water- 

 Works thro' its feveral Branches in this firft 

 Work, referving it for the next, when all 

 that remains fliall be laid down by i.he Pra- 

 dical Parts of the Mathematicks, 



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