Ch ap. L of Gardening. ^ 85 



iz Points, or Parts. The Fathom regulates the Length and 

 Breadth oF Walks, and ferves for taking the larger Mea- 

 fures, as- the Foot does for the lelfer. 



We make ufealfo of a fmall Chain of three or fom* Fa- 

 thom long,, with Spikes of Iron, which, for large Meafures, 

 is much more certain than tlie Fathom. 



The Line is nothing but a filial! Cord or Pack-thread 

 wound about a Stick, which i^ run off according to the 

 Length required: You may obferve,. that to keep it from iregmrxiif 

 iiretching, it will be necdfary todouble it, and make Knots ^^^sthisiwe 

 in it at every four Foot ^ we alfo make Loops at the Ends to ^FltLmi^ 

 put the Stakes through, when we draw a Circle,, Oval, Halt- Uvgsb, 

 Moon, &c. 



A s the Line is fubjcd to become longer or fliorter, as it 

 is more or lefs drained, to flirink muchwhen it is wet, and 

 tO' ftretch upon drying, you may, inftead of it, make ufc 

 of fmall Iron-Wire, of Lines made of the Rinds of Lime- 

 Tree, or of the Branches of Bend-with tied together, which 

 are not fubjed to that Inconvenience, 



We call it Straining the Line, when, being faften'd to two. 

 Stakes, you draw it as tight as you can, ftill obferving^- 

 ^:hat the Line be neither flack nor confined 5 that is to fiy,, 

 that in lifting it up a little between your Fingers,, it hear 

 every where alike, without any Clod or Bank to raifc, con- 

 £ne, or force it ever fo little, 



R A N G I N G-S TICKS and Stakes are plain Sticks, which 

 &ould always be chofen as ftrait as pojfible, to facilitate die 

 Work. They are made flurp at one End for driving thcni 

 into the Earth, and the upper End is cut very fmooth and 

 eaven, which we call the Head of the Ranging-SticL 



The Ranging-Sticks, or Perches, differ from the Stake^' 

 or Spikes, in- nothing hut that they are bigger, and fliould 

 l)e five or fix Foot long, whereas two or three foot Lengths 

 is-enough for the Stakes* 



The Terms of flaking out, alining, ranging, and bourning,. 

 allfignify the fame Thing and are, when he that performs the 

 Workj. Ihmting one Eye, and opening- the other, applies it 



the Head-.of the Ranging-Stick,, to dir-ed all the others iti 



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