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Plan for a Vineyard. 



the south. {Jig. 45.) Tiie inclination of the face of the hill 

 must be as the line a b is to the level line c d. Begin to take 



off the earth from the top of the hill till you have worked 

 downwards thirteen or fourteen feet ; wheel it away, and lay it 

 in a ridge at the foot of the hill ; then remove the chalk or 

 stone to any place where it will not be in the way, till you re- 

 duce the upper part of the hill to the angle formed by efg. 

 This will give you the inclined plane e J, six feet broad, on 

 which the sun at noon will shine vertically about the third 

 week in August, and a | flat terrace, fg, of the same breadth. 

 From f to k, which is four feet, dig a trench two and a half 

 feet deep; the side of the trench belowjTto be rather inclined 

 towards the bottom of the trench below /z, to prevent the wall 

 which will be mentioned presently from sliding down. From 

 h to g is a footpath ;. from g to i is the second wall. If the 

 bottom of the trench is composed of materials through which 

 water will easily filter, it may be made perfectly level ; if other- 

 wise, make it a little sloping towards the back, and likewise to 

 either end, or from the centre to both extremities, just as it 

 may be found convenient, and place at the back a row of 

 draining tiles, k, to convey the water through the boundary 

 wall entirely out of the vineyard. The dotted line from the 

 draining tiles shows the bottom of the trench, in case the 

 substance of the hill retains water. At the angle close to f 

 let in a row of bricks endwise ; from this row of what masons 

 would term " headers," face up the slope with bricks laid flat 

 in a bed of mortar, till you get within two inches and a half 

 of e ; the two inches and a half are to be occupied by a second 

 row of " headers :" thus the whole will be kept firm and com- 

 pact. The bricks which are laid flat, together with the mortar, 



