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finally, but to whipping, imprisonment, 
and transportation ‘for seven years; 
which, at the discretion of a judge, are 
the penalties for common larceny; and 
which, after the mere repeal of 80 much 
#f the statute of Elizabeth, as takes away 
the benefit of clergy for the offence of 
privately stealing from the person, would 
_ap future have been the punishment for 
‘that offerce. In justice to a yentleman 
who fills avery high situation, and whose 
expressions inthe course of a very impor- 
taut debate, were involuntarily misrepre- 
sented by the reporter. 
Your's, &c., 
PHILOPATRIS VARVICENSIS» 
Sept. 12, 1809. 
!0 the Editor of the Monthly 
STR, 
RIVIAL as the subject may be 
deemed, some alteration to garden 
walls may not be altogether useless to 
horticulture, Ido not purpose to consi- 
der the aspect of walls ; though a southern 
1s, for obvious reasons, usually preferred: 
Nagazine. 
- and, perhaps, running in the form of a 
erescent, with projections at the extre- 
mites, is better calculated to preserve 
warmth, and prevent the quick tran- 
sition of cold, than any other direction, 
except a circle. 
Walls, in whatever direction they may 
be constructed, are usually coped with 
stone or tile, projecting about two 
inches on one side. The other side-of 
the wall, is rarely carried to the summit 
in adirect Jine, but gradually drawn in, 
and narrowed for the space .of four or 
five bricks, near the top, so that the pro- 
jection of the coping would be useless; 
and they are hence exposed to rain and 
all vicissitudes of weather; and the mois- 
ture, extending to the other surface of 
the wall, pervades the whole of the upper 
strata of bricks. Even with the. aid of 
coping, the rain insinuates itself between 
the joinings, and injures the wall with 
equal certainty, though with less rapidity. 
These copings, with the advantage of 
projecting over the surface of the walls, 
- are merely flat bodies; and without the 
addition of grooves, the rain that falls on 
the coping, runs under it, and. dribbleg 
upon the wall, and fruit-trees, which tends 
to injure both, : 
On building a garden wall, some years 
ago, I had it coped with the composition 
of-sand, &c. resembling stone; and now 
much in vogue for fronting dwelling 
houses, and various superb.edifices. It 
28 formed in moulds, of sufficient magni- 
Improved Coping for Garden Walls. 
3535 
tude for coping walls, with a groove oa 
each side, that projects over the wall, to 
take off the drippings of rain, and prevent 
them from falling upon the wall and fruit- 
trees. Itremains so firm, as to preclude 
any suspicion of decay in its texture. 
This experience, and the injuries my 
former walls had sustained from the 
insinuation of moisture between the 
joints of the coping stones and tiles, in- 
duced me toe substitute this composition; 
but the demand for it having been very 
considerable, I could not procure the 
casts heretofore, made of it, which led to 
try its application in another form, My 
bricklayer, an intelligent man, invented a 
method of applying itin an easy manner, 
the whole length of the wall, without 
the intervenuon of a single joint, or 
fissure, and furnished at the samie time 
with double grooves. 
To effect chis, two boards, each about 
three yards in length, are placed pa- 
rallel on each surface of the wall, and 
rise. as much above it, as the thickness 
of the coping to be applied. On the ine. 
ternal surface of each, a projective is 
raised of the size of the intended groove, 
These boards are secured closely, em- 
bracing the wall by a frame, with screws 
to keep the boards steady, to receive the | 
compasition when duly tempered with 
water; which is then poured upon the 
wall, and spreads to the boards en each 
side; and when this composition hardens, 
which it soon does, the boards and frame - 
which confine it, are removed further on 
the wall, to receive a fresh accession of 
the composition; and so on, till the 
whole wall is covered with an undivided 
coping, from one extremity to the other, 
with a uniform continuation of the 
grooves, under the projections of each. 
side of the wall. This kind. of coping 
exhibits a beautiful finish, with half the 
expens@ of stone; and as far as my exe, 
perience extends, is not lessdurable; and 
I presume to think, that I am the first 
person that ever applied this useful come 
position to the purpose described. r 
? 
Your's, &c, 
i eal ‘ 
Lo the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR cd 
OR the honour of modern literature, 
"and for the credit of modern. exer- 
tions of genius, I feel it proper to correct | 
a vulgar error, so. gross, that it is dis- 
gracefial to the human intellect that the 
exposure of it should require the formas 
lity of discussion. sas 
There is no observation se common 
among 
