Chap. IX. of Gardening. ipl 



caft up all the Meafures noted down upon your Paper at 

 each Station, and adding them together you have the To- 

 tal, and know exadly what Fall there is from the Top of 

 the Hill to the Bottom and how many Foot the Spout 

 of Water will rife^ the Water always rifing near as high as 

 its Head. 



The Force and Height of a Water-Spout^ may dimi- 

 nifli about a Foot in a hundred Fathom that is^ the nearer 

 the Spouts are to the Refervers, the higher they rife. 



The natural Water not being to be found in a flat and 

 dry Country, you muft have Recourfe to Water-Engines^ 

 which raife it from the Bottom of Wells, into receiving, 

 Cifterns and high Places, for the Purpofe of carrying it af-- 

 terwards down into the Gardens. 



These Engines are much in Ufe at prefent, and many rheAncf 

 People preferr them to the natural Heads, with regard to the f^f^^^^^^^ 

 Quantity of Water they fupply, and to the Nearnefs of the jfFrana)jV, 

 Refervers and Pipes, which coft infinitely lefs than when p. 120., 

 the Water is convey'd for a League together i add to this, 

 that they bring the Spring into the Houfe, which fpares the 

 continual Grief of feeing the Conduit-Pipes broke by the 

 Malice of Country Fellows, who take Delight in any thing., 

 that will mortify a Gentleman. Nor are you under any 

 Apprchenfion of having your Water cut off and diverted^ , 

 which frequently occafions tedious Suits at Lawj or laftly^ 

 that the Vein of Earth and Bed of Clay lliould change its 

 Situation, and deprive you entirely of the Benefit of the .. 

 Springs. 



Water may be raifed by divers Engines : Firfi:, by the 

 Force of Hand and Horfe-Pumps. Secondly, by making, 

 ufe of the two Elements,,, Air and Water,, for the turning of . 

 Mills. 



Han d-P u s, that is to fay, fueh as are moved by^he 

 Strength of a Man's Arm, are the meaneft Engines, in re-' 

 fped: of the fmall Quantity of Water they furnifli, and the 

 Fatigue a Man muft have to lift up his Arms inceffantly^ to- 

 make the Balance fwing. So that they are made ufe of on- 

 ly to get a little Water for watering a Garden, or to fupply 

 5iie Cifterns and Troughs of the Kitchen, and Stables 3-^, 



whereas- 



