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36 The Conclufion. Chap. 12I 



out the Bulk of the Defign. By this I make 

 good my Motto, 



OfmietuUt pinElum^ qui mifcuit utile duici. 



That thofe Extenfive Plantations I have 

 been fpeaking of, adorn d with Water and 

 Statues, add as great a Grace to our Country 

 Seats as the moft elaborate Gardens of the 

 French, will, I believe, not be denied, when 

 'tis confider'd that our Grafs and Gravel is 

 fo much handfomer than theirs, in which 

 refpecl our Parks and common Ridings excel 

 them by Nature ^ but if to that be added 

 Rowling and Levelling the Mould Hills, and 

 a little more Exactitude near the Bounds of 

 the inner Parts of our Gardens 5 how much 

 better may it not be than the befl of their 

 Turf and Carpet Walks and Gardens in France 

 or Hollands 



And when our Lines of Wood are conti- 

 nued a quarter or half a Mile long, and the 

 Garden, as it were, laid open to it, which I 

 fhall make more plain in the Defigns, I cann't 

 but think it will add a prodigious Magnificence 

 to tljtm. 



It may be ask'd, how thofe Outer Lines 

 sre to beakept ? To which 1 anfwer : That 

 the Cattle (liall be the Mowers 5 and for Rowl- 

 ing, a Boy and Horfe will do a great deal^ 

 and 'tis not incredible to affirm, that ico A-- 

 cres will not coft above 50 /. pr annum the 

 keeping, fmce there is no occalion of keeping 

 thofe Outer Plantations very fine 5 a Paddle 



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