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ments of the district. And in a moderately dry summer the 
grindings have to be carried to the mills on the Cerne stream, 
which never fails, and which is within four miles of tliese inter- 
mittent machines. A gentleman, who is qualified to j)ronounce 
an opinion on this subject, declares that a good windmill on the 
hill above tliis bottom " would effectually and constantly meet 
the wants of tlie immediate neighbourhood, whilst emancipating 
a valuable portion of water-meadow from continual interruption.*' 
Low lands adjacent to and flooded by mill streams have been 
effectually drained in parts of the county by carrying a tunnel 
under the bank and bed of the river to a lower level in the 
stream's course, as in the following sketch: — 
A project for reclaiming many hundreds of acres of land 
around Wareham Bay by means of tidal doors and a steam-engine 
was at one time entertained. That engineering skill could effect 
much to remedy the injuries from brooks and rivers, and that 
there is in this county a wide field for engineering enterprise, no 
one will be inclined to question. At Wimborne, probably, its 
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