Ch ap, III. of Gardening. Hp 



The t Verge-Line^ in the Bufinefs of Terraffes^ is the +Ligncd'ar- 

 Place where the Corner of a Wall^ or the Bank of a Ter- 

 rafs, comes to terminate. 



There are alfo many other Terms in Ufe among tfje 

 Trench^ which I fliall not take upon me to explain^ left I go 

 too far from my Purpofe. 



You muft conftantly obferve to lay your Terralfes^ with- 

 a fmall infenfible Declivity for carrying off the Water, as 

 an Inch, or half an Inch in a Fathom, on the L;ength of the 

 Terrafs : And this Shelving is always to be made *ler>gth- -^mathhrs 

 wife of the Terrafs, and never bi-eaclthwife. t^\fof the- 



'Ti s much better to cut your Banks out of the folid r^rafsXrn^^ 

 Earth, than to build them up with made Ground and Hur- ^-omvoTiij the 

 dies; they keep infinitely better when they are natural, and inZfrcfr-'^ 

 coft lefs the Making : However^ when you cannot do other- dens-, bm ihk- 

 wife, you muft make ufe of Hurdles and Fafcines, and fe- ^f^J^^^^-^^ 

 cure the Earth by feveral Beds, as is taught at the End of flood todr'of> 

 tiiis Chapter. ^•■ '^ f^'^^ 



^ HiS the Side of 



the Hill does. 



THE FIRST PRACTICE. 



To cut a Hill lengthwife into Terraffes fufiained by Walh 



of Mafonry. 



Let the Steps of the Building yf, fituate mpoti^ rfie Top 

 of a Hill, be the Place where you would have the firft Ter- F I G. v. 

 rafs begin r Meaiure, upon the Profile Fig. 2. the Length- of 

 this Terrafs, which is quoted 3 o Fathom y and let a pretty 

 long Pole be Iield at the End of 3 0 Fatlx)m, as at Fig> 5 . 

 putting a Piece of Paper or Linen-Rag about the upper End 

 of it. Make a little Spot fmooth at the Foot of the Build-- 

 ing, as at A), and planryour Level there for making a Pat- 

 tern-Line, as was taught above in the firfl: PrajStice of the 

 foregoing Chapter , witk this Remark, to fink or raife the 

 Pole at F, till the Head or upper End of it be exaftly in 

 Line with the other Hea<Js of the Stakes^ that is to fay, till 

 it range preeifely with the Line of Aim Set this Pole 

 very upright, by a Plum-Rule, and work up the Foot of it 

 with Rubble in Plailler^^ for fear its own. Weight, or the 



