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bottle having no label, and drink its contents, in full reliance 

 upon the watchful care of an over-ruling Providence. 



Finally, I think that the care of wells should devolve upon 

 their owners; but I believe that individual owners would find it 

 economical and satisfactory to place this trust in the hands of 

 specially appointed Township or County Officers ; and I consider 

 it to be the duty of Provincial Governments to take the initia- 

 tive in bringing to the notice of the public generally, the 

 immense importance of this much-neglected subject — the care 

 of wells. 



