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deed, very offensive. The rill of bright, clear water 

 which flowed in at one corner, and some of which 

 was handed about in tumblers, looking as pure as the 

 limpid stream which flows from the most effective 

 filters that are to be seen in the windows of London 

 dealers, had only a short time before flowed out of 

 this hideous reservoir in a very different state. We 

 had met it in the " carriers " flowing along in a dark, 

 inky stream, not smelling much, but covered with an 

 ugly gray froth which reminded one of some of the 

 most disagreeable details in the manufacture of sugar 

 and ruin, or suggested the idea that it had been used 

 for a very foul wash indeed. With these reminiscen- 

 ces fresh in one's memory, it required some courage 

 to comply with the pressing invitations to taste this 

 1 effluent water.' There were, however, many of the 

 party who braved the attempt ; and, by all who tasted 

 it, the water was pronounced to be destitute of any 

 except a slightly mineral flavor. In dry weather, this 

 effluent water, which has passed through the land 

 and been collected by the drains, after mixing with 

 the sewage, is again pumped over the fields ; in wet 

 weather, it can be turned into the brook which is 

 dignified with the name of the river Rom. * * * 

 We have omitted to mention that the rent paid by 

 Mr. Hope is 3 per acre, and the cost of the sewage 

 (at 2s. per head) 6 more." 



I think few thoughtful readers will doubt that 

 here is the germ of a great movement in advance 

 for the Agriculture of all old and densely peopled 

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