Chap. X. and Lafl. 



Of Fount ainsy Bafons, and Cascades of 

 Water) and the Manner of making 

 them., 



OuNTAiNS aiiS Water-Works are the Life 

 of a Garden i 'tis thefe make the principal Or* 

 nament of it, and which animate and invi^^o- 

 rate it, and, if I may fo fay, give it new Life 

 and Spirit, 'Tis certain, that a Garden, be it 

 in other refpeds never fo fine, if it want Water, appears dull 

 and melancholy, and is deficient in one of its greateft Beau- 

 ties. 



The Diftribution of Water in a Garden^ is one of the 

 nioft difficult Points i it requires fome Ingenuity and In- 

 duftry, to order it fo, that a little Quantity lhall appear a 

 great deal > and that notlavilhing the Water away in Shell-^ 

 Works, and little Bafons, which are but Trifles, it be {pa- 

 red for neceffary Places, where it may make a handfonie Ef- 

 fed, in forming large and well-fed Spouts. It were to 

 be wifhed too, that the Parts of a Garden were well exe- 

 cuted, and the Walks pierced advantageoufly for the Wa- 

 ter. 



Care Ihould be taken in this Diftribution, that the 

 Fountains be difpofed in fuch manner, that they may be 

 feen almoft all at a time, and that the Water-Spouts may range 

 and aline one with another, which is the Beauty of them : 

 This Repetition makes a Confufion very agreeable to the 

 Eye, which fuppofes them to be more in Number than tliey 

 really are. 



W AT ER is diftinguiflied divers ways, as natural and ar- 

 tificial, fpouting and fat, living and ftagnant. 



D d Natu- 



