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water for the lionse and the cattle with one, and the other 

 is to bring it for the garden." " Is there work for both ? " 

 " Yes, very often they are at work all day." " Where, then, 

 is the abundance of water mentioned in the particulars 1 " 

 " There's a pond and pumps, but the gardener says it kills 

 the plants, and it won't do to drink." We merely turned to 

 our employer and reminded him that such a place would not 

 be cheap at any price. It turned out that water for the gar- 

 den had to be fetched a mile up hill from a pond at the foot, 

 and that for the house had to be brought two miles. The 

 gentleman for whom we acted then told us that he had bought 

 the place at an auction, and paid a deposit ; but we held that 

 abundance of water woidd be taken to mean abundance of 

 water that could be drunk, and that the property was mis- 

 described ; and upon that a compromise was effected. This 

 was many years ago, and we knew very little of boring for 

 water ; but the price of an Artesian well might make such a 

 property very desirable. The idea of keeping two carts, two 

 horses, and two men always on an establishment, to supply 

 the water is preposterous ; and yet when rain supplied it 

 they coidd not get rid of the horses, carts, and men. These 

 wells cost something considerable when they have to pierce 

 deep ; but, where there is a scarcity of water, they are 

 valuable. 



Boring for water in some places forms a powerful fountain. 

 At the Tooting Xurseries, Messrs. Eollison have' had a boring 

 which carries the water a considerable height with no sort of 

 confinement but the tube, and the supply is immense. In 

 other places, however, it has been found difficult to bring it 

 up to the surface. The fountains in Trafalgar Square are sup- 

 plied from a considerable head of water obtained by steam- 

 engines from an Artesian well ; and although there has been 

 much difference of opinion as to their claims on the score of 

 beauty, there is water enough and power enough to form any 

 kind of jet. The intention of the artist seems to have been 

 to limit the height to which the water is thrown very much, 

 and they never look better than when the jet is at half-height 

 and spread a httle, for the figure is then consistent ; when 

 plaj'ing at the full height, the basin is not large enough to 

 look as if it belonged to the jet, and the least ^vind destroys 

 the effect altogether. 



AQUARIU3IS. — Although ornamental waters of any kind may 



