CHAPTER II. 



TENURE. 



WATER likely to suit having been 

 selected, definite negotiations should 

 be commenced without delay. In 

 indicating the lines on which these should be 

 conducted, with fair prospects of ultimately 

 coming to terms, it must not be imagined that 

 any hard and fast rules can be laid down. 

 Much must depend on the views, and even on 

 the tempers, of the parties concerned, and while 

 it is most undesirable for the intending tenant 

 to show any signs of trying to drive a hard 

 bargain, he must yet at the outset let the 

 proprietor or agent with whom he is treating 

 distinctly understand that he is not a fool, and 

 can take care of himself. His first step should 

 be to get (in writing if possible) a full descrip- 

 tion of the water, its extent, the term for which 

 it is to be let, the rent asked, the privileges 

 (if any) retained by the proprietor, and other 



Commencing 

 the negotia- 

 tion. 



