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ThHe are the Obfervations I thought good to make, m 

 relation to the Breadth of Walks that are bordered, or of 

 young PalUades, that by their Height will one Day ftreigh- 

 ten and contrad the View, and fo make the W alk too nar- 

 row I or elfe the Palifades, or Trees on the Sides, coming 

 to garniih and grow thicker, will in Time poffefs two Foot 

 of a Side, which is no way then to be prevented, though it 

 ftreighten a Walk very confiderably, Thefe Remarks, how 

 mean foever they appear, fliould engage the Men of this 

 Profeffion to confider what their Walks will be hereafter 

 when they are grown up, rather than what they are at pre- ^ 

 fent i for an old Plan is very different from a new one ; and 

 the Allowance of a little more Breadth at firft, would pre- 

 vent all thefe petty Inconveniencies. 



You are under no Obligation to obferve thefe Rules in 

 fuch Places, where the Length of the Walks, prolonged as 

 far as is polfible, can yet never be too long* 



The moft ufual ProiDortion of Double-walks, is to give 

 half the general Breadth to the Middle-walk, and to divide 

 the other half into two for the Counter-walks, which ouglit 

 to be anfwerable to the great one. For Example, in a Walk 

 of forty eight Foot wide, you fhould give twenty four Foot 

 to the Middle-walk, and twelve Foot to each Counter-walk : 

 In one of feventy two Foot, thirty fix Foot to the Middle- 

 walk and eighteen to each Counter-walk ; and in one of 

 ninety fix Foot, forty eight Foot to the Middle-walk, and 

 twenty four Foot to each Counter-walk, If the Ground 

 confines you, you may take off three Foot at moft from the 

 Breadth of the Counter-walks, now^ calculated in Double- 

 walks, that front a Building, or a Cafcade, making the 

 Middle-walk fo much wider as you leffen the Counter- 

 walks^ that the Beauty of the Profped: may be better difco- 

 vered from the End of the Walk. 



I CAN by no means approve of the Double-walks, whofe As the great 

 Counter-walks varying fron> this Rule are fo narrow, that ^^1^?' 

 two Perfons can fcarce go abreaft in them. For which Luxem- 

 Caufe I lhall add, that there ought to be about three Foot bourg. 

 Breadth allow'd to a Man, fo that in fix Foot two Perfons 

 may walk abreaft very well > and confequently, in a Walk 

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