THE SCOTS GARDENER 



laying ane eye thereto, cause one with a long pole 

 go down, till its top be level therewith, (he holding 

 it level by a plumb-rule), then descend from your 

 stations, and set the upper end of the rule where 

 the pole stood, there level it, and do as before ; thus 

 from station to station, to the foot of the hill, (if it 

 be so great), keeping accompt in a note-book what 

 poles and parts it contains, which may be as easily 

 taken down on the other side by the same method. 



But if it be possible to see over the obstruction 

 on three footed standing ladders, by help of long 

 poles or pikes, as I have done in the like case, raise 

 your level thereon, and having viewed and marked 

 that on the other side, measure down the same 

 there, &c. 



In levelling any ground, for kitchen-ground, or- 

 chards, or nurseries, take not away its good earth 

 or surface, as you bring down the heights, but al- 

 wayes turn over the upper part thereof behind you, 

 carrying away that which is below, so much deeper, 

 that it may contain that surface, and put the bad 

 earth in the bottom of the hollowes, with better 

 mould above it. 



In the practice of levelling, or other works, con- 

 trive the working so, as there may be still a motion 



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