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that arrangements be had in view, not only for securing an independ- 

 ent supply, hut also for keeping up a constant circulation, by pump- 

 ing the water from the Lake to the spring on the west side of the 

 Friends' Hill, so that it may always be flowing from that point in a 

 natural stream. The pump for this purpose would be worked by 

 steam, in connection with the k'itchen of the refectory. The stream 

 furnished by the spring is intended to take first the character of a 

 series of pools, overhung on the one side by the trees upon the 

 north side of the Friends' Hill, and margined on the other by banks 

 of turf. It would then assume more of the usual character of a small 

 mountain stream, taking a very irregular course, with numerous 

 small rapids, shoots, and eddies, among rocks and ferns, until it 

 emerged from the shadow of the wood upon a grassy slope ; thence 

 it would flow more quietly until, after falling over a body of rock, 

 in connection with a foot bridge on the side of the park opposite 

 that on which it started, it would assume the appearance of a small 

 river with high and shaded banks, and at length, passing the refectory 

 and music concourse in two reaches, empty into the eastern bay of 

 the Lake. Here, on the north shore, would be a low flat meadow, 

 with a few large trees and small thickets of bushes overhanging the 

 water. In the coves would be beds of pond lilies and other aquatic 

 plants, and, on the shores near them, flags, cat-tails, bulrushes, and 

 the like. This arrangement would give opportunity for every variety 

 of water scenery which is practicable within the space of the park, 

 with any moderate supply of water. 



The natural outlet for the surplus water of the park would be in 

 a southerly direction, and a plan of drainage may be adopted, that 

 will be more simple and less expensive than would usually be prac- 

 ticable upon a site of this extent, having such a considerable variety 

 of surface. 



RIDES, DRIVES AND WALKS. 



The more important features of scenery and of local accom- 

 modations for various purposes, having been thus pointed out, we 

 now turn to the several ways of communication by which they are 

 connected and related one to another. 



The drive, commencing with a width of sixty (GO) feet, at the 

 centre of the north or principal entrance to the park, is carried in a 

 southerly direction for some little distance, but diverges slightly to 

 the east, so as to accommodate itself to some high ground in the 

 neighborhood. It there branches to the southeast and southwest, 

 and becomes a part of the circuit drive, which is proposed to be of 



