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would go to work right, beginne orderly, that is, 

 find the central line, by erecting a perpendicular 

 on the middle of the house-front, to extend as f arr, 

 both back and fore, as requisite : hence you may 

 draw parallels, measure and stake out your aven- 

 ues, gardens, etc., as you please ; ever minding to 

 measure alike at both sides of the central line. How 

 to find this central line, and to set off parallels, is 

 taught elsewhere. 



Yet for further illustration of this, take ane ex- 

 ample by a draught of my own inventing (fig. 2), 

 which, if rightly understood, may be applyed di- 

 versly and improven elegantly. 



It is here a small scale. The house is in the centre, 

 and at B : round by the house are ballisters : the 

 common avenue is by N, and ends in a triangle. 

 C is the outer court ; and in the two triangular 

 courts marked with O, are placed the office-houses 

 most notably (with their back part to the court, 

 C), opening without the line of the house. So dis- 

 mounting at the gate of the court (through which 

 you may walk on foot to the house), let the horses 

 be taken to the stables by the way the ending of 

 the avenue leads. The two plots, P, may be pondes ; 

 the two with G, cherrie gardens ; a proper place 



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