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thing is more common, when walls are built by 

 the rood. The (tones of the wall mould, as of- 

 ten as pofiible, pafs from fide to fide of the wall, 

 and, at all events, mould have a hold from the 

 oppofite fide to within four or five inches of the 

 furface, or face of the wall, very frequently ; and 

 the heart of the wall mould be intimately and 

 clofely packed. 



The coping of a wall is an article of confides 

 able importance. It mould be fo difpofed as to 

 turn the water off the wall. Two ftones placed 

 on their edges, fo as to have their under and out- 

 er furfaces flufh with the fides of the wall, and to 

 meet in a fharp point at top, form a good coping ; 

 but any other manner which tafte may fugged 

 will anfwer equally well, provided the water bo 

 turned off to the outfides of the wall, which is all 

 that is effential to good coping. 



The fcorias, flags, or danders, to be found at 

 glafsworks, fak-works, and iron founderies, make 

 excellent coping, provided they be built with 

 good mortar ; indeed, lefs will be required to 

 build them with, than to dafh them after they are 

 laid together in the common way ; and the differ- 

 ence in durability is very great. 



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