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from the slopes of Mount Wellington, at the juncture of porous 

 and non-porous strata, catch it in spacious reservoirs, three- 

 fold larger than at present, imprison it in aqueous granaries 

 for the present demand and for future scarcity ? " A.11 the 

 rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full ; into the place 

 from whence the rivers come, thither they return again." It 

 is our duty to ourselves, and to our fellow-men that they shall 

 not do so before they have been made, according to the ])ur- 

 poses of a Divine Providence, to do their utmost to bless us 

 with health, with cleanliness, with purity, with more abundant 

 food, and with an increased capacity of enjoyment which is 

 within the power of water to minister to mankind. 



