The PraBke ' Part II. 



Aain-Water. However, becaufe one is fometimes obliged 

 to lay certain Parts of a Garden to an exaft Level, as the 

 Alleys about Water-works, Canals, 6'c. I fliall here give 

 . the Manner of doing it. 



The R E is an infinite Number of Inftruments made ufeof 

 for leveling upon the Ground, every one contriving them 

 after his own Way ; and, to hear what moft fay, there is no 

 Level fo exaft, as that which they have invented, and advife 

 the Ufe of, exclufive of all others : But as, in Gardening, we 

 arc not to ftand upon Niceties, and that the Ufe and Facility 

 of a Level is what is moft to be regarded, I fliall propofe 

 but two, the Water Level, and the ordinary common Level. 



The Water Level is the beft and moft exad, and is there- 

 fore made ufe of for taking fuch Rifmgs and Fallings of 

 Ground as are confiderable, efpecially with relation to the 

 conveying Water into a Garden. For which Reafon I fliall 

 not fpeakof it in this Place, but referve its Ufe to beftiewn 

 in the laft Chapters of this Book, which treat of Fountains, 

 and the Conveyance of Waters. 



The ordinary and common Level, though inferior to, 

 and lefs exaft than the other, is fufficient, however, for the 

 whole Bufinefs of leveling a Garden. 'Tis this Level that is 

 commonly employ'd in Gardening, the Ufe of it is very eafy, 

 and the Readinefs of meeting with it every where, makes it 

 willingly preferr'd to any other. 



This Inftrument is no other than a Square or a Level, 

 iik- thatufed by Mafons, and other Artificers, as the Figure 

 demonftrates. The larger it is, the better for the Work,- 

 however, three Foot Length for each Side is enough. Tho 



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