A GARDEN IN VENICE 



the service of the Bigolante and desired it. 

 Into such houses now the water from the main- 

 land is carried, and the streets are without one 

 more of the decorative mementos of the past. 



The use of water has a future in the Veneto. 

 The water-power of the rivers is already used in 

 many of the smaller towns to supply electric 

 light, and the torrent of Cellina will shortly give 

 its aid to light Venice at a very low price, and 

 to work by electricity a number of the small 

 machines that carry on the handicrafts. 



The well we made on the ancient system 

 answered for a time, but was insufficient for our 

 needs, and after a year or two I remembered the 

 cistern in the garden of the GeneralifFe. A deep 

 stone basin with marble cornice, some twenty 

 yards long by five, if my memory is approxi- 

 mately right ; with a grass border next the 

 cornice and almost flush therewith ; then a path, 

 then borders of flowers on either side sloping to 

 the path, and a temple building at the end. I 

 followed the plan as regards the grass border, 

 path, and flower borders ; but as these got filled 

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