Chap. II. of Gardening. 



End A to that of 5, take a very ftrait Stick, and meafure^ 

 at the End A^ one of the two Stakes that bear the Rule' 

 whofe Height is fuppofed to be four Foot and a half, in- 

 cluding the Breadth of the Rule : Cut the Stick off to' this 

 precife Length, which ftiall be a portable Meafure for all o- 

 ther Stakes, gaging it from the Head in this Manner. Take 

 the Stick, and apply it along the Stake D, which is no 

 more, fuppofe, than three Foot high and bring this Stake 



to four Foot and 



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a half, by cau- 

 fing the Earth to 

 be cleared from 

 the Foot of it till 

 it be of this 

 Height. Then 

 carry your Mea- 

 iure to the Stake E, which being higher than it ought, that 

 is, more than four Foot and a half, you bank it up by cau- 

 fing Earth to be laid about the Foot of it, which you beat 

 and ram down, left it fliould fettle. Thus, having brought 

 the Stake E to a fit Height, you proceed to the others ; and 

 by the feveral Works inftanced in thefe two Stakes, you or- 

 der them all in like manner, direding thofe to be banked 

 wp that are too high, and thofe to be cleared at Foot that 

 are not high enough. This done, you take a Line of 1 2 or 

 1 5 Foot long, which you tie to the Foot of the Stakes B and 

 E, and ftrain it as tight as you can j and iii cafe the Stakes B 

 and E are too far afunder for your Line of 15 Foot, you fee 

 another Stake betwixt them of the fameHeight you tlien caufe 

 Earth to be brought, or the Ground to be cut away alon^^ 

 the Side of this Line, to make a Pattern-Line or Furrow ? 

 and do the fame from Stake to Stake, ftraining the Line"" 

 and making Furrows from one to the other, by which means 

 you have theLine CC made very ftrait^ and perfeftly leveL 



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