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out of the boiler, and placed in a cool place outside 

 the boiling-house. There ought to be a separate 

 boiler for meal, sufficiently capacious to hold pud- 

 ding for two days' consumption, and another for 

 flesh, both being of cast iron. Those of copper or 

 brass cannot be safely used in a kennel, where 

 feeders are not Kke men-cooks, very particular as 

 to the cleanliness of their culinary utensils. A 

 good supply of water is indispensable to keep 

 everything in a sanitary condition. In high situa- 

 tions, springs of fresh water are not always to be 

 found, and if found, cannot be perhaps appro- 

 priated to the sole use of one individual. Wells 

 also in some localities are not to be depended 

 upon, so that we must have recourse to tanks and 

 cisterns, supplied by rain-water from the roofs of 

 the houses ; and many are the districts within 

 our knowledge which look to the clouds as their 

 only reservoirs of water. To those who enjoy the 

 blessings of pure springs, the runnings of houses 

 must appear most objectionable and unwholesome, 

 yet such is not the case where the cisterns are 

 large and deep. The water, although descending 

 with many impurities, purifies itself, and becomes 

 clear as crystal, although retaining a sooty taste, 

 disagreeable to the palate. Strange to say, it is 

 not consequently soft water, but requires soda to 

 boil vegetables with or make tea. Where this 

 most necessary of all the necessaries of life cannot 

 be obtained from the spring-head, or drawn up 

 from the bowels of the earth, we must submit to 

 Hobson's choice that or none; and thousands are 



