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pumping the water from the lake to the spring on the west side of 

 the Friend's Hill, so that it may always be flowing from that point 

 in a natural stream. The pump for this purpose would be w r orked 

 by steam, in connection with the kitchen of the refectory. The 

 stream furnished by the spring is intended to take first the charac- 

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

 the north side of the Friend's 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, w r ith 

 numerous small rapids, shoots and eddies, among rocks and ferns, 

 until it emerged from the shadow T 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 w r hieh it started, it would assume the appear- 

 ance 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 

 lillies and other aquatic plants, and, on the shores near them, flags, 

 cat-tails, bulrushes and the like. This arrangement would give op- 

 portunity 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. 



The more important features of scenery and of local accommoda- 

 tions for various purposes, having been thus pointed out, w T e now 

 turn to the several ways of communication b} T which they are con- 

 nected and related one to another. 



The drive, commencing with a width of sixty (60) 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. 



