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New Principles of Gardening. 
For Ambufcadoes near Rivers, Paddocks, or Meadows : 
For thofe near a Canal or River, UAfes, who firkt invented 
the Shooting of Birds; and for thofe near a Paddock, wherein 
Sheep, Sc. are kept, Cacus laying by Hercules. For Cacus be- 
ing a Shepherd, and a notorious Theif of great Strength and 
Policy, {tole feveral Sheep and Oxen from Hercules, who per- 
ceiving his Lofs, lay in Ambuth, and took Cacus in the Fact, 
for which, with his Club, he knock’d out his Brains. 
Lafily, for Places of Banqueting : 
The God Comus. 
Where Bees are kept in Hives : 
The God riffeus. 
Thefe general DireGtions, with the preceding deliver’d in 
the Cultivation of the féveral Kinds of Fruit and Foreft-Trees, 
Ever-Greens, and Flowering-Shrubs, join’d with the moft ufe- 
ful Obfervations on the feveral Defigns hereunto annex’d, is ful- 
ly fufficient for any Perfon whatfoever, to defign, lay out, and 
plant Gardens in general, in a more grand and beautiful Man- 
ner than has been done before. I therefore fhall now conclude 
for the prefent, in the Words of Rapin on the Happinefs of a 
rural Seat ; : — 
“And bleft is he, who tir’d with his Affairs, 
Far from all Noife, all vain Applaufe, prepares ~~ 
To 20, and underneath | 1e filent Shade, 
Which neither Cares nor anxious Lhotights invade, 
Does for a while, himfelf alone Pofefs, 
Changing the Town for rural Happine fs. 
e, when the Sun’s hot Steeds to th Ocean bafte, 
Ber fable Night the World has overra ; | 
May from the Hills, the Fields below defery, 
At once diverting both his Mind and Eye ; 
