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well do, where they are scattered as in the first way. 

 See the rules mentioned in Part II., Chap. I. and 

 Chap. VII. 



As to terrase-walkes, if the brow on which you 

 make them be not too steep, the work will be the 

 more facile : if you build them up with walls, be 

 careful to sound deep enough according to the level; 

 and if the middle of the terrase be on the central 

 line of the house, or of any walke, make the stayr 

 of the upmost and downmost there to part at a plat 

 on the head, going down at both sides ; so much of 

 the stayr-case maybe within, as that the outer-edge 

 thereof may be in a line with the bordure at the 

 wall ; by this it marrs not the walke ; the rest may 

 be at the ends : plant the borders at the upper-side 

 of the walke with wall- trees, the under- side (being 

 but an ell high) with laurels, &c. But if your ter- 

 rase consists only of walkes and sloping-banks, you 

 may have the bordure at the head and foot of each 

 bank, on either side the walkes, planted with stan- 

 dard-cherries, &c., and the banks of violets, straw- 

 berries, or grass. 



As for pondes, make them large and broad, such 

 being best both for the health of fish and f owll ; 

 squair, triangle, circle, oval, or what figure fits your 



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