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WATERING THE PARKS. 



brancli is attached, so that only five trucks are required ; 

 the trucks also in practice consist of a piece of plain wood, 

 a little more than a foot in length, the tube being bolted 



_ on to the upper 



side and the run- 

 ners fixed to the 

 lower. As regards 

 the connexion of 

 the joints, this is 

 made sometimes 

 with brass flanges, 

 but a joint which 

 answers equally 

 well, and is much 

 cheaper and lighter, 

 i is that made with 

 f copper wire ; for 

 f the branch joint, 



t however, brass 



p 



^ flanges are always 

 5 used, as the branch 

 I itself is removed 

 p and carried away 

 ^ when not in use, 

 while the tubes are 

 simply folded toge- 

 ther, fastened with 

 a piece of cord, and 

 left in any conve- 

 nient corner. 



It is found in 

 practice that a man 

 cannot manage an 

 apparatus of this 

 kind, which is more 

 than about 40ft. 

 long ; but for watering grass, in which case the hose is left 

 stationary in one place for some time and then moved to 

 another, several apparatus are, if necessary, screwed on to 



