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OCR: In this discussion of problems that erosion causes homeowners who build their houses on riverbanks, Leonardo demonstrates how he has synthesized many aspects of hydraulics studied elsewhere in the codex. He devises a series of barriers and dams that move the flowing water left and right and finally deposit the material "in the hollow where your house is." A Applying the same principle of intertwining currents of water, he creates a cascade for the steps at La Sforzesca, the luxurious country villa of his patron, the duke of Milan, at Vigevano.