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judgment of the place, elfe undertakings will not fueceed, 
and that is a great difgrace. 
Now, fuch a moat as this hath all the convenience I fpoke 
of, befides ferves the houfe with water; which from the wind 
and the fun’s free accefs to it in a great body, will certainly 
preferve it {weet and wholefome. The finks of the houfe will 
not foul it, as it doth in leffer quantities, even to kill the fith,. 
as well as make the water unfit for ufe. The view of it is: 
a delicacy the greateft epicures in gardening court, and we 
hear of it by the name of canal. Then the moving upon it in 
boats, either in calm weather, or with fome wind that ftirs the 
water, and gives a power of employing fomewhat of fail, after a 
romantick way ; and thus circling an houfe, taking the variety 
of walks and gardens here and there, vifiting {tables and offi- 
ees, feeing the horfes air upon the banks, &c. are pleafures not 
given to be underftood by any but ftatefmen, laid afide for their 
honefty, who by experience are taught the variety of greatnedfs,. 
and have an underftanding to diftinguifh the true felicities: 
of life. 
I know the objection of charge, which muft be very ‘great 
in fuch a work as this; but I confider the great profufion of. 
money that is allowed to tranfitory vanities; fuch as habits, 
treats, equipages, not to mention vices too well known; fuch. 
as are tellers of money and depauperate families, leaving 
nothing but difeafesto fhew for them. If fo much, or a.much: 
lefs proportion being difpofed to employ mankind, the poor 
efpecially, inanaking holes, and filling them again, were much: 
more commendable. What is it then to produce advantage 
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