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t!ens: however, for Wildernefs-walks 

 I think it is preferable to moft other 

 Materials. But I mail proceed to 

 give Directions for the making of 

 the feveral Sorts of Walks, and firft 

 of the Gravel -walks. 



In order to the laying of Walks 

 in Gardens, it will be very proper, 

 that the Bottom of thembefill'd with 

 fome Lime-rubbifh, or coarfe Gra- 

 vel, Flint-ftones, or other rocky 

 Materials ; which will be ferviceable 

 in preventing Weeds from growing 

 through the Superficies of the Gra- 

 vel. This Bottom mould be laid 

 eight or ten Inches thick, over which 

 the Coat of Gravel mould be fix or 

 eight ; which Gravel fnould be fine, 

 but yet not fcreened, becaufe that 

 fpoils it. This mould be laid on an 

 Heap, rounding, that the larger 

 rough Stones may run down on the 

 Sides-; which being every now and- 

 then raked off, the Gravel by that 

 means will be fufficiently fine. 



After the Gravel has been laid to 

 the Thicknefsabove- mentioned, then 

 the Walks muft be raked true, and 

 level from all great Drips, as well 

 as little Holes. By this means moil: 

 of the Stones of the Walks will bs 

 raked under your Feet; which mould 

 rather be gentlyfprinkled back again, 

 over the laft Length that is raked, 

 than buried (as is the Praclice of 

 many Gardeners) ; for by this means 

 the Walk will lie«much harder, and 

 the coarfeft Stones will very much 

 contribute to its Firmnefs, provided 

 they are not too large, or angular, 

 becaufe the latter are often displaced 

 by walking. 



There is alfo a great Fault com- 

 mitted frequently, in laying Walks 

 too round ; and fome to that De- 

 gree, that they cannot be walked on 

 with that Eafe and Pieafure that 

 ought to be ; and befides, this too 



great Rounding takes off much from 

 the feeming Breadth of the Walk. 



The common Allowance for a 

 Gravel-walk of five Feet Breadth, is 

 an Inch in the Crown; fo that if a 

 Walk be twenty Feet wide, accord- 

 to this Proportion, it will be four 

 Inches higher in the Middle than on 

 each Side; one of thirty Feet, fix 

 Inches ; and fo on. 



When a Walk has been thus care- 

 fully laid, or rather, after every 

 Length, or Part of it (which com- 

 monly is about fifteen Feet each), 

 then it mould be roll'd well, both irt 

 Length, and alfo crofs-ways. The 

 Perfon who rolls it, mould wear 

 Shoes with flat Heels, that he may 

 not make Holes in the Walks ; for 

 when they are once made in a new 

 W r alk, it will not be eafy to roil them 

 out again. 



In order to lay Gravel-walks firm, 

 it will be neceffary to give them three 

 or four Water-rollings ; that is, they 

 mull be roll'd when it rains fo 

 very faft, that the Walks fwim with 

 Water: this will caufe the Gravel 

 to bind, fo that when the Walks 

 come to be dry, they will be as hard 

 as Terrace. 



Iron mould Gravel is accounted 

 the beft. for binding ; or Gravel with 

 a little binding Loam amongft it j 

 which latter, though it be apt to Hick 

 to the Heels of Shoes in hot wet 

 Weather, yet nothing binds better 

 in dry Weather. 



When the Gravel is over-fandy 

 or fharp, Loam is frequently mix'd 

 with it ; which, if they be cart to- 

 gether in Heaps, and well mix'd, 

 will bind like a Rock; whereas loofe 

 Gravel is as uncomfortable and un- 

 eafy to walk on, as any other Fault 

 in a Walk can render it. 



The beft Gravel for Walks is 

 fuch as abounds with fmooth Pebble* 



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