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ground to be cultivated is laid off into plots such as are 

 suitable to the system of culture as at G, H, I, J, K, L. 

 These may be irrigated in diverse ways, as for example 

 by long furrows, at L, in smaller beds with shorter fur 

 rows, as shown at G, or in furrows running in an 

 opposite direction, at H. The flow of water in the 

 distributing canals is controlled and diverted by means of 

 the hand-gates already described, as at/. 



A modification of this plan of arranging an irrigated 

 garden is as follows (fig. 15). An alley-way or cart-road 



H 



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Fig. 15. METHOD FOR AN IRRIGATED GARDEN. 



may be made opposite the entrance A, which crosses the 

 canal by a culvert, and a path is continued quite around 

 the enclosure. The beds G, H, /, J&quot;, K, are watered 

 from the distributing canals as in fig 14, and the flow is 

 diverted and controlled by means of the hand-gates already 

 described, (fig. 12), which when placed as seen at a, a, 

 turn the water on to the bed H. This water may be di 

 rected amongst the hills or drills, wherever it may be 



