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wife the Walks will not be private 

 for any fmall Diftance. Befides, as 

 it will be proper to line the Sides of 

 thefe Walks with Honeyfuckles, 

 Sweetbrier, Rofes, and many other 

 fweet-flowering Shrubs; fo the tall 

 Trees mould be placed five or fix 

 Feet from the Walk, to allow room 

 for thefe. But as I (hall particularly 

 treat of the Method of laying out 

 WildernelTes, and planting of them, 

 in fuch a manner, as to render them 

 as nearly refembling a natural Wood 

 as poflible, under its proper Head ; 

 I (hall add nothing more in this 

 Place, except a few common Di- 

 rections for making of thefe Sand- 

 walks. / 



When the Ground is traced out 

 n the manner as the Walks are de- 

 lgn'd, the Earth mould be taken 

 }ut of the Walks, and laid in the 

 Quarters. The Depth of this mull 

 )e proportion^ to the Nature of the 

 toil ; for where the Ground is dry, 

 he Walks need not be elevated much 

 ibove the Quarters; fo the Earth 

 hould be taken out four or five 

 .nches deep in fuch Places; but 

 vhere the Ground is wet, the Bot- 

 om of the Walks need not be more 

 han two Inches below the Surface, 

 hat the Walks may be raifed fo high, 

 lis to throw off the Wet into the 

 Quarters ; which will render them 

 nore dry and healtay to walk on. 



After the Earth is taken out to 

 he intended Depth, the Bottom of 

 he Walks mould be laid with Rub- 

 (im, coarfe Gravel, or whatever of 

 he like Nature can be moft readily 

 •rocured. This mould be laid four 

 r five Inches thick, and beaten 

 own as clofe as poflible, to prevent 

 le Worms from working thro' it ; 

 len the Sand mould be laid on about 

 iiree Inches thick ; and after tread- 

 ig it down as clofe as poflible, it 

 ould be raked over, to level and 



fmooth the Surface. In doing of thrs 

 the Whole mould be laid a little 

 rounding to throw off the Wet : but 

 there will be no Neceflity of obferv- 

 ing any Exaclnefs therein ; for as 

 the whole Ground is to have as little * 

 Appearance of Art as poflible, the 

 rounding of thefe Walks mould be 

 as natural ; and only fo contriv'd, 

 as that the Water may have free 

 PaiTage off them. 



The Sand with which thefe Walks 

 are laid, mould be fuch as will bind ; 

 otherwife it will be very troublefome 

 to walk on them in dry Weather : 

 for if the Sand be of a loofe Nature, 

 it will be mov'd with ftrong Gales 

 of Wind, and in dry Weather will 

 Aide from under the Feet. If, after 

 thefe Walks are laid, they are weft 

 rolled two or three times, it will fet- 

 tle them, and caufe them to be firm. 

 If the Sand is too much inclinable to 

 Loam, it will alfo be attended with 

 as ill Confequence, as that which is 

 too loofe ; for this will flick to the 

 Feet after every Rain ; fo that where 

 Sand can be obtain'd of a middle Na- 

 ture, it mould always be preferred. 



In fome Countries where Sand 

 cannot be eafily procur'd, thefe 

 Walks may be laid with Sea-fhells 

 well pounded, fo as to reduce them 

 to a Powder, which will bind ex- 

 tremely well, provided they are 

 rolled now-and-then : but where 

 neither of thefe can be eafily pro- 

 cured, Sea-coal Alhes, or whatever 

 elfe can be gotten, which will bind, 

 and be dry to the Feet, may be ufed 

 for this Purpofe : and where any of 

 thefe can only be had in fmall Quan- 

 tities, the Walks fhouid have a great- 

 er Share of Rubbifh laid in their Bot- 

 tom, and thefe fpread thinly over 

 them ; and in moil: Places Rubbifh, 

 rough Stones, or coarfe Gravel, may 

 be eafily procured. 



WALLS are abfolutely neceffary 



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