A, represents a well, either under or contiguons to one of the spires. B, first wind- 

 mill, working pump, C, placed on the center of a wooden cistern, D, of thirty or forty 

 hogsheads capacity, whose bottom is perforate^] with pump stem, E, E, extending 

 down into the water in the well F, second wind-mill, working pump, Gr, and filling 

 reservoir, H, of similar capacity, from reservoir, D, through a tube I, I. J, J, conduct- 

 ing tube. O, the hydropathic mermaid, cascading dolphin, or any other monster fancy 

 may create. L, stop-cock to let the water on the jet. N, stop-cock to let the water 

 directly into the basin, and not through the jet. The waste water is finally discharged 

 into the well. A, by tube, M. The pressure on the tube, J, J, might be too heavy 

 while the water was not discharging at the basin ; stop-cock P would relieve it. The 

 waste water from cistern, II, when full, may be discharged through tube R, into 

 conducting tube, J, J. 



By these arrangements, sixty or eighty hogsheads of water would always bo at 

 command, and at an elevation at which it might be conducted over the dwelling house, 

 lawn, garden, trees, &c. During calm weather it would keep a jet of moderate dimen- 

 sions in play for several hours, and in windy weather the supply would be constant. 

 On the shores of Lake Erie no day passes without furnishing wind enough to keep the 

 reservoirs replenished. In case of fire they would be equal to an ordinary fire engine. 



Is this Quixotism ? 



