Chap. IL of Gardening. 



upon the Stakes D and'K Finilh" the Line AG in the fame 

 Manner you did the Line AE^ and fo continue to dired the 

 Levels, and make Pattern-Lines throughout the whole 

 Ground, obferving to keep thefe Lines much about the fame 

 Piftance one from another, as thofe that are ahxady made j 

 which being done with all neceffary Exaftnefs, you com- 

 plete the Making of the whole Ground, by caufing a Line to 

 be held by two Men, wlio are to ftrain it very tight acrofs 

 from one Pattern to another, or rather from one Stake to 

 another, by the Help of which you take off the Banks, and 

 fill up the Cavities between the Patterns, raking it all over : 

 But as towards the Extremities of the Lines BEG^ the Pat- 

 tern-Lines are fometimcs fo far afunder, that the Cord can't 

 be conveniently ftrained from one to the other, you may 

 remedy this Liconveniency, by planting the Stake H between 

 the two Pattern-Lines and^^S, fo that the Head of it 

 range with two Stakes already fet, as I and K. Adjuft the 

 Stake H to the Height of the others, and tying a Line to 

 the Foot of it, you ftrain it every way, filling in or taking 

 away Earth, as Occafion requires ; and following it with 

 the Rake, which levels the Space contained between the 

 Stakes JKEBM, Do the fame for leveling the Places be- 

 tween the other Pattern-Lines, which will make your 

 Ground, how large foever, equally fmooth and eaven 

 4:hroughGUt. 



Observation^ 



A s in a large Garden it would be very expenfive to make 

 the whole Ground according to this Rule, it may fuffice to 

 drefs and lay eaven the Places expofed to Sight, fuch as arc 

 to ferve for Parterres, Halls, Galleries, &c. and for thofe 

 that are defigned for Wood, you drefs only the Alleys and 

 Ridings, leaving the Squares and Middle-Parts of the Wood 

 imeaven and natural, as they are. 



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