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the control of the medical superintendent. A certain class, also, of accom- 

 modation of all the waters should be ensured to all, at a very low minimum 

 fee. 



Buildings. — Probably two sets of block buildings would be required, one 

 at the foot of the hills, and the other on the high level plateau before 

 referred to. These would comprise the usual accommodation of a first-class 

 hotel, with the assembly rooms and social arrangements usual at fashion- 

 able watering places. The residences on the hills would be connected with 

 the low grounds and baths by cable tramways, and winding drives and 

 paths through the ornamental grounds on the slopes. 



At suitable places on the hills and lake headlands detached villas and 

 gardens would be built, having from three or four to six or eight rooms. 

 These could be erected as the demand increased, and be let furnished with 

 board and attendance if necessary. But as before mentioned, nothing in 

 the way of monopolizing the residential amenities of the district should be 

 attempted. The object of connecting villa residences with the scheme is to 

 ensure a certain amount of that accommodation being available under 

 known rules and management. 



As a matter of course the buildings would vary in architectural design 

 with their situation and purpose, but a few points must be observed in con- 

 struction, to ensure stability and permanence, when situated near the 

 sulphurous vapours always arising from the waters in most repute in any 

 locality. The foundations and basement floors must be of concrete. All 

 doors and windows must have galvanized hangings and fastenings. All 

 nails must be well punched in and stopped. All paint must be silicious, 

 all roofs slated and nailed with galvanized nails. But on the high levels, 

 and on the borders of the lake, and a short distance away from the hot 

 springs generally, no such precautions are necessary. Another point of 

 extreme importance may be noted, viz., the disposal of sewage. Here, we 

 must begin as all towns in England are being compelled to end, and no 

 sewage should ever be discharged into the lake. From the first, all the 

 well known and generally practised arrangements must be enforced, to pre- 

 serve the purity of the waters. 



Gardens and Recreation Grounds. — These ought to be made one of the 

 most attractive features in the whole regions of travel. First-class soil 

 exists on the hills and on the slopes extending from their base to the river. 

 The plain is sandy and light in soil, but well suited for gardens, lawns, and 

 hothouses. Being under command of easy irrigation, and of the inexpensive 

 method of obtaining the tropical heats or frigid winters above alluded to, it 

 seems that everything that can be desired in the way of horticulture and 

 floriculture may be produced in perfection and great abundance. 



