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veling, for the Stakes will then be jfeen beft^ and the Eye 

 will more eafily diftinguiih Objects that are far off. 



'Tis ufual to put Linen-Rag, Paper, or Card, upon the 

 Head of the Stakes or Ranging-Sticks, flitting the Hea:d of 

 them a little, and putting the Paper or Card into the Slit ; 

 which is a very great Eafe and Relief to the Sight^ efpecially 

 in Lines of great Length. When the Paper or Rag- is not 

 feen plain enough, you caufe a Man to hold his Hat behind 

 the Stake, the white Paper appeai'ing much plainer by the 

 Oppofition of the Black of the Hat ; and, by this means, the 

 Peribn that bourns may more eafily diftinguifli all the Heads 

 of the Stakes. 



Tis very material in leveling, that the Heads of the 

 Stakes be made very flat and fmooth ^ for the Line of Aim 

 fhould run exaftly upon the Heads of them, and cut them 

 eaven, and 'tis thefe that regulate the Level of the Surface 

 of the Ground. 



It is caird Earthing or Banking up a Stake, when, being 

 drove into the Earth, 'tis found too high for the Meaiure re- 

 quired as if a Stake were fix Foot out of tlie Ground^, 

 and it fhould be but four or five, according to the Level j- 

 you then caufe Earth to be brought, and make a Bank about 

 the Foot of it, till it be of a due Height ; fo when a Stake 

 is too low, you clear it at the Foot, and carry away the' 

 Earth, till it has the Height it iliould have. 

 ^Rlgoie, IS to be obferved, that when we fpeak of making a ^ 



^ke!!°J?^te' Pattern-Line, orFvirrow, 'tis not to open the Ground, as in 

 thefe are raifed, planting Palifades^ which ought rather to be call'd a Trench ' 

 Zii^iZlT.Z '^^^ bring in Earth, and lay it along a Line ftrained 

 tern-Lines \ from one Stake to another, which forms a Pattern that 

 aniwhenthef ferves to redrcfs the Uneavennefs of the Ground. Thefe 

 the Ground, Pattern-Lines may be from twelve Inches to two Foot 

 Fiirrom. broad ; the Earth iliould be trod upon to fettle it, and after- 

 wards raked over with a fine Rake, till the Line juft touches, 

 and grazes upon the Surface of it ever)' where alike, with- 

 out being confined. Furrows are fometimes cut for the 

 fame Purpofe in the folid Earthy as when the Ground is too^ 

 high, or upon Banks and Slopes 5 in which cafe the Line 

 is ftrained, and. the Earth cut away, till it_ bear equally 

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