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The PraBice of Gardening. 2,8?
very thick and very high one in a little Bafon. There fhould ^ that of the
be, as much as poffible, fome Sort of Agreement between Vw^jS*
the Stream of the Spout, and the Bafon; but there is no de- the chief ¥rmt
terminingany exaft Proportion between the Size of Bafons, "/TrIanon-
and that of their Spouts: This depends upon their Fall and
Force of the Water, or upon the Place where the Ground wiJl
permit you to let your Fountains.
A s to the Depth you ought to give Bafbns, it is ordina-
rily from 15 to 18 Inches, or two Foot at moft; this being
fufficient for dipping the Water-Pots into it, and for fecuring
the Bottom of the Bafon in great Frofts. You never make
them deeper, but when they are to ferve for Refervoirs, or
when you would keep Fifh in them, as is fometimes done in
great Bafons, Canals, and Ponds of Water: Then you give
them four or five Foot depth, which is enough to hold a
great deal of Water in Store, for the Fifh to breed in as they
ought, and to carry a Boat, in cafe you have a mind to put
one into it; which you are obliged to do when there are
Spouts in the Middle of a Piece of Water, to go and unf crew
the Ferril, or Quill, and to take out the Dirt that hinders the
Water from doing its Office.
You fhould efpecially obforve, in point of Depth, not to
exceed four or five Foot, tho' it be a Canal or Refervoir, it
being dangerous when 'tis more, as eight or ten Foot deep ;
lb many Accidents have happened to Perlbns, who going near
fuch Bafons have fallen in and been drown'd, that in truth
it ought ferioufly to be reflected on, and all Endeavours
ufed, that a Thing made for the Delight and Ornament of
a Garden, may not in the endoccafion lb great Vexation and
Trouble.
T o build a Bafon, the Dimensions of it fhould be very
exactly taken, if you would make it good, and have it hold
Water well*. You cannot be too circumfped in this Work, +TheCondttis-
the Water always naturally feeking to run away ; and by ^'"J*?,/
its Weight and Preffure in a Bafon, fubject to get out at the hluwlnr
leaft Cranny, which grows conftantly bigger and bigger. Uteanijb.
If you fail of performing this Work well at firft, 'tis very
difficult to repair it; for there are fome Bafons have been -^stheoaau-
wrought feveral times over, without being fcarce able to gnp7tlfplr-
aiake them hold Water, for want of their being made ?«•« of the
well Pa'ais "&*"**■
very thick and very high one in a little Bafon. There fhould ^ that of the
be, as much as poffible, fome Sort of Agreement between Vw^jS*
the Stream of the Spout, and the Bafon; but there is no de- the chief ¥rmt
terminingany exaft Proportion between the Size of Bafons, "/TrIanon-
and that of their Spouts: This depends upon their Fall and
Force of the Water, or upon the Place where the Ground wiJl
permit you to let your Fountains.
A s to the Depth you ought to give Bafbns, it is ordina-
rily from 15 to 18 Inches, or two Foot at moft; this being
fufficient for dipping the Water-Pots into it, and for fecuring
the Bottom of the Bafon in great Frofts. You never make
them deeper, but when they are to ferve for Refervoirs, or
when you would keep Fifh in them, as is fometimes done in
great Bafons, Canals, and Ponds of Water: Then you give
them four or five Foot depth, which is enough to hold a
great deal of Water in Store, for the Fifh to breed in as they
ought, and to carry a Boat, in cafe you have a mind to put
one into it; which you are obliged to do when there are
Spouts in the Middle of a Piece of Water, to go and unf crew
the Ferril, or Quill, and to take out the Dirt that hinders the
Water from doing its Office.
You fhould efpecially obforve, in point of Depth, not to
exceed four or five Foot, tho' it be a Canal or Refervoir, it
being dangerous when 'tis more, as eight or ten Foot deep ;
lb many Accidents have happened to Perlbns, who going near
fuch Bafons have fallen in and been drown'd, that in truth
it ought ferioufly to be reflected on, and all Endeavours
ufed, that a Thing made for the Delight and Ornament of
a Garden, may not in the endoccafion lb great Vexation and
Trouble.
T o build a Bafon, the Dimensions of it fhould be very
exactly taken, if you would make it good, and have it hold
Water well*. You cannot be too circumfped in this Work, +TheCondttis-
the Water always naturally feeking to run away ; and by ^'"J*?,/
its Weight and Preffure in a Bafon, fubject to get out at the hluwlnr
leaft Cranny, which grows conftantly bigger and bigger. Uteanijb.
If you fail of performing this Work well at firft, 'tis very
difficult to repair it; for there are fome Bafons have been -^stheoaau-
wrought feveral times over, without being fcarce able to gnp7tlfplr-
aiake them hold Water, for want of their being made ?«•« of the
well Pa'ais "&*"**■