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table, will serve to indicate a good and efficient 

 type. It must be noted, however, that the fall 

 of two feet at the inlet hatch mentioned later 

 gave special facilities for the purposes of adapta- 

 tion to the requirements of a stew for growing 

 yearlings to two-year-olds. The necessary 

 repairs and additions of hatches, perforated zinc 

 fences, &c, had to be carried out at the expense 

 of the lessee. 



In the accompanying plate of the plan of this Description 



of 3. StfiW 



stew the water supply is derived from a carrier 

 marked A A, running nearly parallel to the 

 course of the main stream. The water supply 

 in this carrier is constant, and it had been con- 

 sequently selected to provide the motive power 

 to a turbine or other mechanical arrangement for 

 pumping water to the manor house on the estate 

 for domestic purposes. At the point B a sub- 

 stantial hatch is fitted with a small weed rack 

 in front, constructed of piles driven into the 

 bed of the stream. This inlet hatch, 4ft. deep 

 and 2ft. wide, leads to a cross channel cut 

 through the ground, and is covered by oak 

 boards with a trap-door opening so as to give 

 access to the interior of the channel. At C a 

 screen of oak framing, to which a sheet of per- 

 forated zinc is fastened, works in a square 

 groove cut in the sides and bottom of the inlet 

 channel. At the further end of this channel 



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