Garden, as laid off for levelling 1806. May 26. 27. 28.

Cross measures from S.E. to N.W.

	5.	f.	base of terras
	4.		border
	10.		walk
	50.		bed
	10.		walk
84	5.		terras base
	5.		to S. side of houses
	17.		to N. side of do.
35	13.		to center of road.
119

measures lengthwise from N.E. to S.W

		4.	f.	base of terras
		4.		border
		8.		walk
		92.		bed
		8.		walk
		100.		bed
		8.		walk
		100.		bed
1000	331	14.		walk
	669	100.		bed
		9.		walk
		100.		bed
		9.		walk
		100.		bed
		9.		walk
		100.		bed
		9.		walk
		100.		bed
		9.		walk
		100.		bed
		9.		walk
		4.		border
		4.		base of terras
		1000

May 26. 27. 28. 29. 1806. proceeded to lay off the garden correctly for levelling.

it is 1000. f. long, from one end to the other & is divided into 9. parallelograms, 8. of which admit a bed 100. by 50. f. except the N. Eastern one, the bed of which is only 92. f.

I took the direction of the line passing along the middle of the covered way from the ice-house to the kitchen, & continued it to the upperside of the garden. Willis’s mountain not being visible, I observed it’s magnetic course to be S. 28°-15’ E. the perpendicular of this line would have given for the direction of the stone wall S. 61°-45’ W. but the direction of that wall & consequently of the lower long walk parallel to it is S 61  -15  going S. Westwardly 1 -30

 I split the difference therefore, and run the cross walks in a direction of 45’ less than a right angle, in their N.W. angle, and 45’ more than a right angle in their N.E. angle.

the center of the lower long walk was taken 14. f. from the outer face of the wall, to wit, 5 feet for base of terras, 4. f. border, 5. f. half the breadth of the long walk, and a stake was struck at the intersection with the line along the middle of the cross walk leading from the covered way, this walk is 14. f. wide.

from this stake, I measured along the middle of the long walk S.Wly. 116.f. and stuck a stake, to wit, 7f + 100f + 9f.

then 4. others successively in the same direction, at 109 f. each, to wit 100 f. bed + 9. f. walk and the last at 117 f. to wit 100. f. bed + 9. f. walk + 4. f. border + 4. f. basis of terras

                            

Then returning North Eastwardly to the intersection of the lower long walk, & walk from the house and keeping the distance of 14. f. from the face of the wall, I found this line to be N.64°-30’ E.

I measured	107. f. to wit, 7 f. half the walk	+ 100f. bed & struck a stake
then	108 f. to wit. 8f. walk	+ 100f. bed & struck a stake
thence	116.f to wit 8f. walk	+ 92f bed + 8f walk + 4 border
+ 4f. base of terras, to face of the end wall

having fixed the stakes in the lower walk for every square, I measured from each of them at an angle 45± than 90.° 67f-10I, to wit 67f-6I horizontl + 4. I. hypothenusal difference and stuck stakes corresponding to the lower ones. these stakes are in the middle of the upper terras, & mark the line for digging perpendicularly down, because this will leave an upper (too much, sufficient to fill a lower) deficient, thus

Measures length wise of the garden are, from S.W. end.

	4.	f.	base of terras
	4.		border
	9.		walk
	100.		bed
	9.		walk
	100.		bed
	9.		walk
	100.		bed
	9.		walk
	100.		bed
	9.		walk
	100.		bed
	9.		walk
669	100.		bed
→	14.		walk
331	100.		bed
	8.		walk
	100.		bed
	8.		walk
	92.		bed
	8.		walk
	4.		border
	4.		base of terras
	1000

The measures cross wise are

	5.	f.	base of terras
	4.		border
14	10.		walk
	50.		bed
	10.		walk
67-6	5.		base of terras
	5.		to S. side of houses
	17.		to N. side of do.
	13.		to center of road.

1821. June 14. proceed to lay off the lowest plateau, so far as finished.

I run a line parallel with front of wall, 16. f. from it.

this was levelled by pins 10. f. distant extending f E. & W. & divided from foot of the fall into walks, squares & allie thus from foot of terras 9f+36+2+24+2+36+8+36=153f then gradualised the cross lines rising 1.I. in 10.f. to the bank so as in the 80.f. breadth of plateau to give a descent of 8 I.