Ill Tfje PraBice Part IT: 



'€Vety where j but as they would have been too long and te- 

 dious all together^ I have endeavour'd to fet each of them in 

 its proper Place, and to-choofe fuch as fuit befl: with the Sub- 

 jed of each Chapter. 



Tekrasses fhould not be made too frequent, nor too 

 near one another, that is, you ftiould always make as few of 

 ^Piein-pied. them aspoffible ; andby means of "^Levels, or Flats, conti- 

 :nuedas long as the Ground will permit, endeavour to avoid 

 ■the Defeat of heaping Terrafs upon Terrafs, it being very 

 'difagreeable in a Garden to be conftantly going Up-hill^ or 

 -Down-hill, without finding fcarce any Refting-Place. 



W H AX we call the Level, or Flat, is the Space of Ground 

 ^contained between the Slopes of two Terralfes, that is to 

 'fay, the Platform fuftained by the Walls or Banks of the 

 Terraffes, which, in Fortification, is call'd the Tena^ 

 ■plain. 



What is meant by taking theProfil of a Mountain, is, to 

 level the Slope of it exactly, and to quote all the Stations 

 upon a Plan, for gaining precifely the Crooks and Windings 

 of it, and adjufting them afterwards to the general Difpoli* 

 tion of the Garden. 



'Tis called Obferving Downwards, which is a Term, 

 much in Ufe among Workmen, when they begin to reckon 

 from the Top of a Pole, Defcending, to fet down any Mea- 

 fure^ as 'tis called Obferving Upwards, when they begia 

 Below, and work Afcending. 



In the following Operations, the fame Level is made ufe 

 of, and is applied in the fame manner, as was taught in the 

 preceding Chapter and fo likewife are the Line and the 

 Rake for eavening and fmoothing the Ground, and for ma- 

 king the Pattern-Lines and Furrows. 



T o the Ufe of Stakes and Spikes, muft be here added that 

 of long Poles of 15 or 20 Foot Length, becaufe Stakes are 

 too Ihortfor leveling Stations upon the Defcent of a Moun- 

 tain. Thefe Poles are fet upright on end by a Plum-Rule. 



W H A T we call Station, is the Place where the Level is fet 

 for performing the Work of Leveling, fo that one Caft of 

 the Level- is contained between two Stations. 



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