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Reclination, and planted with all sorts of Ever-Greens in a 

 promiscuous Manner, so as to grow all in a Thicket ; which has 

 a prodigious fine Effect. 



In this very Manner are planted two beautiful Mounts in the 

 Gardens of the Honourable Sir Fisher Tench at Low Laxton in 

 Essex. 



XIV. That the Walks leading up the Slope of a Mount, have 

 their Breadth contracted at the Top, full one half part; and if 

 that contracted Part be enclosed on the sides with a Hedge 

 whose Leaves are of a Light Green, 'twill seemingly add a great 

 Addition to the Length of the Walk, when view'd from the other 

 End. 



XV. That all Walks whose Lengths are short, and lead away 

 from any point of View, be made narrower at their further Ends 

 than at the hither part; for by the Inclination of their Sides, they 

 appear to be of a much greater Length than they really are ; and 

 the further end of every long Walk, Avenue, etc., appears to be 

 much narrower than that End where you stand. 



And the Reason is, that notwithstanding the Sides of such 

 Walks are parallel to each other, yet as the Breadth of the 

 further End is seen under a lesser Angle, than the Breadth of 

 that Part where you stand, it will therefore appear as if con- 

 tracted, although the Sides are actually parallel ; for equal 

 Objects always appear under equal Angles, Q.E.D. 



XVI. That the Walks of a Wilderness be never narrower than 

 10 feet, or wider than 25 feet. 



XVII. That the Walks of a Wilderness be so plac'd as to respect 

 the best Views of the Country. 



XVIII. That the Intersections of Walks be ^adorn'd with 

 Statues, large open Plains, Groves, Cones of Fruit, of Ever- 

 Greens, of Flowering Shrubs, of Forest Trees, Basons, Fountains, 

 Sun-Dials, and Obelisks. 



" When in the Garden's Entrance you provide, 

 The Waters, there united, to divide : 

 First, in the Center a large Fountain make ; 

 Which from a narrow Pipe its Rise may take, 



