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HAP. 



IX. 



Of fearching for Water, and the diffe- 

 rent Ways of convejing it into Gar- 

 dens, 



S the Neceffity of having Water in a Garden 

 is altogether indifpenfable, as was mentioned 

 in the fecond Chapter of the firfl: Part^ it 

 will not be foreign to my Purpofe to fpeak 

 of it in this Treatife, as briefly as fo copious 

 a Subje<ft will poffibly permit, which alone 

 requires a particular Volume. 



The Water of Fountains and Bafons comes either from 

 the natural Springs, or from Machines that raife the Water. 

 I fliall fpeak, firft of all, of Springs, and the Manner of dif- 

 covering them. 



If you are near any Mountain, or Hill, you are almoft 

 fureof finding Springs, unlefs it be in a very dry and ftony 

 Countxy. Examine, firft of all, what Sort of Herbs cover 

 the Ground ; and if you find Reed, Creffes, wild Balm,. 

 Silver-Weed, Bull-Rullies, and other aquatick Herbs, 'tis a 

 certain Sign there is Water thereabouts, provided thefe 

 grow of themfelves, and that they are of a fine deep Green. 

 You may likewife confult the Colour of the Earth, for if it 

 be Greenifh, or inclining to White, as fome clayey Grounds 

 are, there is affuredly Water in it. 



You may likewife difcover hidden Springs, by lying Vitrtvius, 

 with your Belly to the Ground, and holdup your Head, look ^" 

 along the Surface of the Earth 5 if you fee any moift Va-- Fa. Kircker 



pours rife in Waves from ahy Place, you may dig there 

 with fome AlTurance of finding Water, 



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