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bles ; which being purified in the air, returns 

 to renovate the exhausted surface whence it 

 originated. Therefore, where it is not conve- 

 nient to have cisterns in the houses, it will be 

 necessary to have a considerable reservoir 

 adapted to the purpose of collecting it in quan- 

 tity, in some convenient part of the garden, 

 near the houses ; which may be also rendered 

 very ornamental, by decorating it with a col- 

 lection of those beautiful water plants, which 

 this country affords in abundance : such as 

 Water lily, in varieties, &c. &c. even if it be- 

 comes necessary to fill it by the assistance of a 

 pump, or land drain, the water by being thus 

 confined, and exposed to the influence of the 

 sun, becomes meliorated, and will, in cases of 

 emergency, supply the place of better with 

 tolerable good success. 



However in the winter months, if there is no 

 internal cisterns, and there exists a consequent 

 necessity of using the water from a reservoir, 

 exposed to all the vicissitudes of the weather, 

 it will be proper, should the frosts become 

 severe, to deposit as many water-pots, full, as 

 will be necessary for the present use, in the 

 house over night, as already directed : yet let 



