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time ensued, we sprinkled it heavily with water, which was by no 
means a laborious operation. 
T now arranged the location of the houses; one was alréady up, 
and I made arrangements for putting up seven more immediately, 
so that I might procure my fowls. In arranging: the location of 
the houses, however, I found that it was difficult to supply thei 
with water, and experience had taught me that good water is‘one- of 
the most important things in the care of all-kinds of live stock. ‘Ihe 
only water on the place was the well, and the spring frorn which a: 
.stream flowed directly into “ Nabal’s” grounds. I worried 4 gooé 
deal over this, and had almost determined to sink another well and 
procure a wind-mill, when, by a singular episode, I was rélieved- 
from all trouble on this score. 
