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SEASON 1877-78. 



temper have all been saved, and by the most simple arrangement 

 possible, merely by a rectangular well ! The 6 -inch discharged 

 into a well about 9j inches above the bottom (Fig. 168). The 

 well was of brick, and a wood batten frame was built in, 1 foot 

 from the opposite end. In this frame a screen fitted, being, slipped 



FIG. 168 scale - 



between two pairs of cleats, one parr nailed on each side. A 

 7-inch ordinary red drain-pipe drained the well, but the connec- 

 tion was made by a 6-inch sanitary pipe built into the end 

 wall, level with the floor of the well (Fig. 169). The floor was 





FIG. 169 scale 



laid with causeway blocks, but they were found too rough to 

 work the net on, so a thin floor of wood was laid immediately 

 above them. 



The well is used as follows : The screen is first slipped in 

 between the cleats, then the pond is drawn, either by pulling up 



