Chap, X. of Gardening. zo^ 



very difficult to repair it 5 for there are fome Bafons have ^stheoaan- 

 been worked upon feveral times, without being able al- the par. 

 moft to make them hold Water, for want of their being terreofthe " 

 made well at firft. This Work, befides that it requires a > ^^^^^^^0^^'-- 

 great deal of Care, and experienc'd Workmen, demands 

 alfo good Materials to be ufed in it, as fliall be explained: 

 hereafter. 



But before I proceed to fiiew you how Bafons are made, 

 it will be necelTary to diftinguifli the feveral Kinds that are: 

 in life. Of thefe there are three Sorts, Bafons that are made: 

 with Clay, with Cinient, and with Lead. 



I SHALL begin with Bafons of Clay, as thofe that are- 

 nioft in Ufc. 



The Place being traced out upon the Ground, you muft,*. 

 before you caufe it to be dug, extend and enlarge the Out-- 

 line of it four Foot farther, that is to fay, make the Diame- 

 ter four Foot bigger on each Side, which makes eight Fooc^. 

 in all. The Bafon will be never the bigger for this, becaufe 

 the Addition of four Foot will be filled up and poifeffed by ; 

 the Walls and Clay-work of the Circumference. Youfliould: 

 alfo.' obfcrve, for the Bottom of the Bafon, to hollow the^ 

 Ground out two Foot lower than the Depth you defign to • 

 give it. The two Foot thus dug out^ will belikewife filled - 

 by. the Bed of Clay, which ought to be 18 Inches thick . someFomtimie' 

 and the other fix Inches are for the Gravel and Paving which ff^ee^^ • 

 is laid upon the Clay. For Example j if you would make clesTiMnffTr 

 a Bafon of fix Fathom Diameter, the Ground fliould be <^f^^^y^^^ 

 open d feven Fathom, and two Foot over ^ . and if you would T/ghelh^^^^^^^ 

 give two Foot Depth of Water, it lliould be dug out four: sides is,vjhich>'' 

 Foot. So the Bafon, when finifli'd, will always come to ^rXtoiK/r^'' 

 the Size and Depth. required, of fix Fathom Diameter, and grm^m^^ 

 two Foot Cavity. oj'cuy that 



The Ground fiiould be dug perpendicularly, andbecar-- ll^^Xfr.- 

 ried away, as was taught above in the fecond Chapter of mrktaieiu^.j 

 this Part. The Digging being finifhed, and the Earth clear-- 

 ed out, you muft build. two Walls, and inclofe the Clay, 

 betwixt them, that by this means the Water may not dilute 

 it, that it may keep freih, and that the Roots of ^ the ueigh— - 

 BiQuring Trees may not fo eafily penetrate it. _ 



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