X02 PraBice Part IL 



Natural Water is that which iffujng out of the Earth' 

 of itfelfj runs into, a Referver, and makes the Fountains 

 play continually r Whereas the artificial is raifed into a Re-- 

 ferver, by means of Hydraulick or Water-Engines^ as I have 

 already explained in the foregoing Chapter. 



That is called fpouting Water^ which^ rifing into the 

 * Ge bes ^^^^ middle of Bafons^ forms fingle Jets^ Sheafs,. 



d^Eau^^fe t Babblings of Water, &c. to diftinguifli it from flat Water, 

 mdebyfeve- vvhich makes Canals, Pools, Filli-Ponds^ and Bafons of Wa- 

 s!om%iyiyjg ^er, without Spouts ; which is no great Beauty in a Garden, 

 &u together, bccaufe being always quiet, and in the fame ftate, it does 

 '^tdll^hed animate a Garden, as fpouting Water does, which feems 

 + Bouillons to give it Life 5 and 'tis chiefly of thefe laft, that we fay there 

 d'Eau a-reve- Water-Wprks in fuch a Place. 



7hll%^bm' RuNNiN G Water is that which runs without Intermif- 

 mtk higher flon j it is the fineft of all for its Clearnefs ^ and its con- 

 than^a iuUk ^^^^ Motion renders it wholefome, and very pure : Of this 

 ^'^'^^^ Kind are the Waters of fmall Rivers and Brooks, of which 

 are made Canals and large Pieces of Water in Gardens r 



* As the Cd- 



of chzn- Of this Number are likewife reckoned fuch Foixntains as 

 tilly, Ber- Q^y ^^d Night. 



St AGN ANT Water is the raoft difagreeable of all; it 

 grows dirty, green, and all covered with Mofs and Filth, ha- 

 ving no Motion at all, as in Bafons that feldom play, and 

 in marfliy Lakes and Ponds : They are alfo very lubjeift 

 to corrupt, and to ftink, in the Summer. 



There is no fixing any certain Places for Fountains and 

 Bafons, which look very well where-ever they are if you 

 could fet them in every Part of your Garden, it were fo 

 much the better ; but as they are a very confiderable Ex- 

 pence^ their Number fliould be regulated with great caution. 



A Bason is ufually fet at the End, or in the Middle of 

 a Parterre, fronting the Building ; this is a Place where you 

 fiiould never fail to make one, as likewife in a Kitchen- 

 Garden : But when you can have them in Groves, 'tis a 

 double Satisfaction ; Water there being, as it were, in its 

 Center j befides, the Verdure of the Trees ferves as a Ground 

 to fet it off, and improves the very Whitenefs of the Water;., 

 the Purling and Murmur of it ftrike the Ear too the more 

 " ' ' " ' ~ agreeably^. 



