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by investigation and experience, to abound in those alka- 

 line substances requisite for the highest luxuriance of 

 ordinary vegetation. 



In accordance with these conditions, the entire lake 

 shore, for a breadth of twenty to forty miles, is becoming 

 rapidly converted into orchards and plantations for the 

 rearing of all the different fruits known in the temperate 

 zone. 



