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person who has seen it thus ; and if from what you 

 see or hear you are led to believe that it is possible for 

 the supply of water to become insufficient, have noth- 

 ing to do with it. Overcome all temptations to try it, 

 and look elsewhere. 



2. Be sure that no freshets which can carry away or 

 overflow your works are possible. In deciding upon 

 the character of your stream, in this respect allowance 

 should be also made, as in the former case, for decep- 

 tive appearances, though in just the opposite direction. 

 It is so very difficult to believe that the harmless 

 little rivulet of August can become a resistless torrent 

 in October, that many persons are apt to be misled by 

 the deceptive appearance, and will actually go to work 

 on a stream liable to freshets, and will build ponds, 

 and will stock them, at great expense, with no guar- 

 anty whatever that the next fall or spring flood will 

 not, as it generally proves, sweep everything away. 

 Trust to no probabilities, but make sure that no fresh- 

 ets can come that can do you damage, or, at least, that 

 no such freshet ever has come. If this is not made 

 sure of, a single night will destroy the work of years. 



Brooks subject to moderate freshets that can be 

 controlled are not necessarily objectionable ; they need 

 not be given up, if the expense of carrying off the sur- 

 plus water is not too great ; but a brook where the 

 freshets cannot be wholly guarded against is a delusion 

 and a snare, and ought to be utterly avoided. 



3. Be sure that the water does not heat up in the 

 summer to an unwholesome point. Many brooks 

 which have the appearance of being perfect trout 



