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Land at hand he intends to plough 5 or if he 

 borrow? fome from off thofe Paftures he 

 does not intend to plough, by fowing Hay- 

 Seed, his Lofs is not comparable to that Ex- 

 p^nce he is otherwife at. In this one Article 

 I have feen above 60 per Cent, fav'd, which is 

 Ho fmall Matter in a great Defign, 



Of Gravel. 



The main Direftions that I can give in 

 this Matter, is, in relation to fuch a Compo- 

 fitionas will make the Walks lie firm and 

 hard, irl cafe the Gravel is not naturally 

 good 5 fince there be many kinds of Gravel 

 that will not bind, and thereby a continual 

 troubk in Rowling to no Purpofe, befides the 

 Unpleafantnefs in walking upon them. 



If it be a loofe, fandy Gravel, take then 

 one Load of ftrong Loam, to two Load of 

 Gravel 5 let them be well mix'd and caft to- 

 gether, 5 if the Walk be old, and fo wants 

 only Coating over, two or three Inches thick 

 will be enough 5 except you have great quan- 

 tities of this ftrong reddilh Loam, then 'tVv^ill 

 be better to lay the Walk the full Depth of 

 this. And it muft be efteem'd a great Fault 

 when Gravel is skreerfd too fine, the cafting 

 upon a round Heap, and raking off the lar- 

 geft Stones, is much the better Way 5 and in 

 the laying the Gravel- Walk, a gentle cafting 

 the Stones back again over the Walk, w^hich 

 one is obliged to rake pretty fine, that it 



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