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long Afh-pole, and fpread over the 



Grafs : this the Gardeners call Poll- 

 ing of a Vfalky which is done by 

 bruming the Surface cf the Ground 

 ftrongly with a {lender Pole: theof- 

 tener this is repeated, the better it is 

 for the Grafs ; befides, it will deftroy 

 the Worm-calls, and render the 

 Walks more beautiful. 



Having given Directions for the 

 making of Gravel and Grafs-walks, 

 I mall come next to treat of Sand- 

 walks, which are now very frequent- 

 ly made in Gardens; as being lefs 

 expenfive in the making, and alfo in 

 keeping, than either of the former : 

 and in very large irregular Gardens, 

 which are fuch as mod Perfons 

 efteem, this is a very great Article : 

 for as the greater! Part of the Walks 

 which are made in Gardens twift 

 about in an irregular manner, it 

 would be very difficult to keep them 

 handfome, if they were laid with 

 Gravel. And as thefe Walks are for 

 the mod part fliaded by Trees, fo 

 the dripping of the Water from their 

 Branches, in hard Rains, would warn 

 the Gravel in Hole?, and render the 

 Walks very unfightly. When thefe 

 Wood -walks are Grafs, they do not 

 appear fightly, nor are they very 

 proper for walking on : for after 

 Rain they continue damp fo long, 

 that they become unhealthy to walk 

 on; and the Grafs generally grows 

 fpiry and weak for want of Air ; and 

 hy the continual dropping of the 

 Trees, will by degrees be deltroved. 

 Therefore it is much better to lay 

 thefe Walks with Sand, which will 

 be dry and wholfome; and when- 

 ever they appear mofTy, or any 

 Weeds begin to grow on them, if 

 they are moved with a Dutch Hoe in 

 dry Weather, and then raked over, 

 it will deftroy the Weeds andA'Iofs, 

 and make the Walks appear as frefh 



and handfome as if they had been 

 new-laid. 



In the modern Way of laying out 

 Gardens, the Walks are carried 

 through Woods and Plantations ; fo 

 that thefe are fiiady and convenient 

 for walking in the Middle of the 

 Day. Thefe are ufually carried 

 about, winding as much as the 

 Ground will admit of, fo as to leave 

 a fumcient Thicknefs of Wood, to 

 make the Walks private ; and that 

 the Perfons who are walking in one 

 Part of them, may not be feen by 

 thofe who are in any of the other 

 Parts. Where thefe Walks are con- 

 trived with Judgment, a fmall Ex- 

 tent of Ground will admit of a great 

 many Turns ; fo that a Perfon may 

 walk fome Miles in a fmall Garden. 

 But thefe Turns mould be made as 

 natural as poflible, fo as not to ap- 

 pear too much like a Work of Arr, 

 which will never pleafe fo long as the 

 former. 



The Breadth of thefe Walks mufl 

 be proportion'd to the Size of the 

 Ground, which in a large Extent 

 may be twelve or fourteen Feet wide; 

 but in fmall Gardens five or fix Feet 

 will be fumcient. There are fome 

 Perfons who allow a much greater 

 Breadth to their Walks, than what 

 I have aflign'd to the largeir, Gar- 

 dens ; but as thefe Walks are fup- 

 pos'd to be (haded by Trees, fo, 

 when they are made too broad, the 

 Trees mult be planted clofe to the 

 Sides of the Walks ; and then it 

 will be a leng time before they will 

 afford a fufficient Shade, if the Trees 

 are young. Therefore I imagine, 

 the Width here allowed will by moft 

 People be thought fumcient, efpeci- 

 ally as the Walks are defign'd to 

 wind as much as the Ground will al- 

 low ; becaufe the wider they are, the 

 greater mull be the Turns j other- 



