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ENCLOSING, LAYING OUT. 25 



EXPLANATIONS OF THE PLAN. 



1. The whole length, from outside to outside, from East to West, is 247i feet, or 

 15 rods. 



2. The whole width, from North to South, is 165 feet, or 10 rods. 



3. The outside line represents the place for the hedge. 



4. The double line represents the place for the wall. 



5. The walks are described by dotting, and all, except the middle walk, are four 

 feet wide. 



6. The walk which goes all along the garden from East to West is six feet wide. 



7. a a door-way through the hedge, 3 feet wide. 



8. b a door- way in the wall, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet from the corner of the wall. 



9. c,c, c, c, is the outer garden, a clear rod wide, between the wall and the hedge. 



10. d is the Hot-bed ground, 58i feet from East to West, and 63 feet from Nortli 

 to South. 



11. e e e is a border, 10 feet wide, under the inside of the wall. 



12. / is a plat of ground, 50^ feet from East to W est, and 49 feet from North to 

 South. 



13. g, A, i, k, are plats of ground, each of which has 67 feet from East to West, and 

 49 feet from North to South. 



14. w is a door-way in the wall, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet from the corner of the 

 wall. 



15. w is a border, 4 feet under the inside of the West wall. 



16. j5 is a door-way in the Western hedge of the Hot-bed-ground. 



17. 5" is a door- way in the Southern hedge of the Hot-bed-ground. 



18. r the tool-house. 



19. The letter N points out the North side of the garden ; the letter E the East 

 side, and the other letters the South and the West sides. 



38. It will be seen that I make but one entrance into the gar- 

 den, as at a ; because this entrance, which is a door- way in a hedge, 

 is a somewhat difficult affair : hedges cannot be joined to wood 

 work, as brick work can. There must be posts and a door-frame : 

 and, if great pains be not' taken, there will soon be a gap where 

 these join the hedge. This will be the weak part of the fortifi- 

 cation. There must be a bridge over the ditch ; and that which 

 serves the garrison equally serves the besieger ; therefore, this 

 door ought to be well guarded on the top and on the sides by stout 

 pieces of wood projecting in every direction from the top and sides 

 of the door, and well guarded with tenter-hooks. Prevention is bet- 

 ter than cure : lead us not into temptation" is the most sensible 

 of all possible prayers : you inflict no hardship by removing 

 temptation ; but you inflict great hardship in the pursuit of com- 

 pensation or punishment : let the whole neighbourhood be con- 

 vinced that forcible entry into the garden is not to be accomplished 

 without infinite difficulty : and that is a great deal better than all 

 the steel-traps, spring-guns, and penal laws in the world. It is 

 better to have sentry-boxes and sentinels in them than to resort to 



