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of water which falls, and how easily some of it might be [saved 
for the use of our gardens and fields. 1 am obliged to Mr. Mawley for 
pointing out the unscientific manner of calculating the absorption of 
rain by the soil, as no land which we have to deal with can be said to. be- 
without vegetation of some sort. The tables in question should be 
amended. The immense volume of water which falls means plenty to- 
save, plenty for the streams, and plenty for the rivers." 
