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of the tiles travelling?" and the third, "How 

 nice to get a fresh supply of rain-water ! " 



The scarcity of water, especially to the resi- 

 dents on the bill, is one of the greatest draw- 

 backs to the place, every drop having to be 

 fetched from springs at the bottom of the hill 

 which I need not say renders the attempt to 

 make a garden very disheartening and almost 

 an impossibility. It is also most disheartening, 

 just as you have planted some favourite flower- 

 seeds, perhaps procured after much delay from 

 Natal or Cape Town, to find that your neigh- 

 bour's chickens have taken it into their stupid 

 heads to pay you a visit, and finding the ground 

 nicely watered, have immediately scratched it all 

 up in the hope of discovering some delicious tid- 

 bit in the shape of a grub ; or perhaps a donkey 

 



or two will get loose, and besides serenading 

 you at an unearthly hour in the morning, will 

 nibble oft' some cherished lily-bud which you 

 have long been anxiously watching, and other- 

 wise damage your pet plants. Then, again, it 

 often happens that a whole drove of oxen will 



