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the Wheels, Near upon, but not quite so high as the Axel Tree : 

 Each gutter to be fixed in its place, from being Carried aside, 

 by Driving Stakes in to the ground of about a foot Long, and 

 within two feet of Each other : W"'' method will greatly 

 felicitate the motion of the Carr, with the greatest weight ; you 

 minding that you have Iron Boxes in the Wheels, as for your 

 Sand Botts : you mentioned a Bassis of Cliff Stones, But how 

 you can lay a plain even table of Such Stones, I caiiot 

 understand, and hold it unecesary you first raming the ground 

 over and over mighty well for the Bassis of the Pyramid, 

 whereby you will see you have a good Solid Foundation : you 

 gitting home from gillinvase some Loads of that Sand, the 

 courser the better, then sift it, lay by the finest for after Use 

 in the Morter as I shall Direct : the Courser of the Stones you 

 cover with them the Levell'd foundation before you begin to 

 Earn, then beat them well down into the ground, Ditto, a second 

 and third Coat of the same w"^ will produce you a fine even 

 Solid Table, whereon to lay your foundation of the Pyramid : 

 you gitting a Large heavy Rammer made for y* purpose and buy 

 two or three Several Selves, Courser and finer, for use of Lime 

 as well as this Sand ; so soon as you have the Model, and with 

 Ragland you are Masters of putting it together, and taking it 

 to peices, you will have those you Contract with for the Stones 

 to Inspect it. And take the Several Numbers and Dimentions of 

 the Stones, Up to the height of the Seat Inclusive, in Order to 

 his providing them in the rough so much of the worke, And so 

 on from time to time, you having the Carr and Sheds ready for 

 Use, And Contrive matters so as the worke may not be, at a 

 stand in any respect whatever. Without having my foolish 

 Vanity Exposed, I may tell you, that in having this projection 

 carried into a just Execution, as it ought and I hope will be, I 

 pretend to Insist that from the sheltered position and Durableness 

 of the Stone (Manual Violence Excepted) the thing may stand 

 a beauty to the Harbour without Limitation of Time, and You 

 and your Posterity have the honour of the Architecture ; Should 

 the Workmen know my Designe of painting it, they would 

 Depend thereon, for Covering their Defects by puttee and paint 

 y^'^ I would by all means avoid. - * ^ ^ ^ * -¥ 



