226 OSTRICH-FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



ill two of them the water was perfectly fresh, though 

 they were sunk in slate shale, where all the surface- 

 water was brack, and much of it undrinkable. 



Boring for Artesian wells has been much neglected, 

 but we expect to see it come into vogue to a large extent 

 in the next few years. 



