The PraBke Part IL 



I SHALL not give any particular Pradice here for the Bu- 

 finefs of making an Amphitheatre upon the Side of a Hill^ 

 which would be unneceffary, becaufe thefe Pieces being 

 compofed of Terraffes^ Banks, and Slopes of Turf, you 

 need only follow what has been juft delivered concerning 

 them in the foregoing Praftices. 



If your Slopes are not cut in the foHd Ground, and the 

 Earth brought in to make them can't fupport itfelf, there is 

 then required a great deal more Work in their Conftrudion^, 

 and you will be obliged to make ufe of wattled Hurdles 

 andFafcines, in the following manner. 



After having laid the Earth one Foot high, beginning at 

 Bottom, you muft fpread upon it a Bed of Fafcines, or 

 Hurdles, fix Foot wide, in Rows one againft another, and 

 difpofe them fo, that the great Ends, or Roots, may lie next 

 the Face of the Slope, and come within a Foot of the Sur- 

 face i then lay another Bed of Earth upon this, and con- 

 tinue the fame to the Top. 



The bell Fafcines and Hurdles are thofe made of green 

 Wood, as the Branches and Boughs of Willow, becaufe eafi- 

 ly taking Root, they fatten thenifelves the better in the 

 Ground. It is good to leave their Roots, where they are 

 not troublefome, for that they may be of ufe to maintain 

 the Band. Over this Wattled- Work, you lay the Turf,, af- 

 ter covering it with a little Earths 



For the Proportion of Banks, they ufually give them 

 Two Thirds of their Height, that they be not too fteep j 

 and fometimes but a Half, or a Third of it, efpecially in- 

 little ones. Some make the Bafe of their Slopes equal to 

 their Height, others lay them with^ a Line below the Dia- 

 gonal of the Square, becaufe the Moifture" falling always 

 downwards, the Top becomes dry in Summer, which makes 

 the Grafs wither and die away. 



The Nature of the Ground, upon which you raife thefe 

 Banks of Turf, ftiould alfo be confidered ^ for, if the Earth 

 be of a ftrong Body, and of a binding Quality, it will al- 

 mo.ft fupport itfelf, and the Allowance of fix Inches to a 

 Foot in Height, will be enough to keep the Bank up very 



welli; 



