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closethiswstatement, assregardsv this small lot=which.t’e1'minatedW so
profitably for me, (for itewas, invfact, the foundation of,my,pro'sperity:
. A“ Q o I beg to call attent1on:to tl1e;management‘of)a,,
violent mountain torrent thatflowed throughit. W'hen I,commenceid",'
operations, It found the bed of the river so full of largeerubble:
stones<and the banks so torn, that I was greatlyipbufzzledvtoqdevisei
somemeans of.’ protecting the banks,,and- after consideration"?
fixedfupon the’ best and cheapest: plan I could adopt.-+-;'Wsheu the.’
river wasjlow in summer, I got men into the bed’ of .it;and-lcariefiillyi
collected, all the loose stones and placed themin.a.slopii1g,position;;
at"an inclination of 1 foot in 1-.-the firstflood that camevdowir
removediall- the loose gravel and exposed another sheet,o‘f;riibble,‘,
'which‘Ir-again; hand-picked; and placed, againsttthpe ;13an1:s‘,[‘a”;1’d I
fdtind to my surprise that thexriver from its rapiditykiolqgieyzeiiglitsa
clmigizel. after the stones were ‘removed, and I can now say; thelivholdi
was accomplished at a very moderate expense :and.,pe,rmanently;:
done"; for‘be it remembered, thattthe sloping bank of stonesmighen
iilleclby‘ gravel and mud brought down by the. iloods,;has.no3v,
forimeda thick sword of fiorin grass and is not onlyjpermanent
profitable and handsome; , V ' ,3‘; i
.2 As I‘saidS before, my success on the mill lot left:no doubt,on.my,'
mind: of the certainty of succeeding at a farm I have..cal,leg1..
Milleens, under Sir George Colthurst, and-asthe pimprovements;
this farm‘ have been alluded to, in my evidence before the.LaI)d,
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. Commission, (and which were only commencing at, the,’ tirne,Ix,wa,s;
exam1ned,) Irhave it 111- my power. now to‘ go more intoztpartieularsg a
than at.that.time,, and as I wish to put the whole before the,publie,;
in as comprehensive a shape as I can, I have adopedthepbeslt means.
inmy ‘power by submitting a map of the 'premises.Qn which,,Ir am
'nowiat'worl<, and as I-proceed, I shall endcavour.- to ;explain,,and,
by reference=to the map, I trust, I shall make. myself understpodg,
1 Byreferring-to my evidence (see marginal note);the.,r,eader,will,
perceive the nature of the subject uponpwhichl am now. at 1;VQ1fl(;[
and:I may add in truth that a more hopeless undertaking,,to;,all;
appearanceswhen I commenced it, was not to be'found‘gn Iiieland.-3‘-E
inifact, itwas sobad, that I‘ got‘ 33 acresof whatavas: the,
shakingbogi for a.Pipe‘ of Tobacco la! a p -(4,,-. ., ,.g
I‘a'I3he:?ent1re- farm. that I haveznow in my possession, (about QQO,
statuteTaeres as laid down orrmap),.is all ,near1y.ofethe Sam0,n%tQJ’$:z
withxthis exception, that all coloured brown.on. the. I,ni;p,.wcrsgfL;of;h
nit .Iza7rYesteizd, is-a solid ' black bog, on., an: average: 12 :feet,de5,3p,j
W on the otherwvas a brownzflow moss; and also, with.the,e:gcept;oa;
ofrwhat is ‘coloured greenmvliich 1.‘0P1'0$6I1tS ,th0'.r,1V91'z-.f??’.‘.3==-
czteiit-ito: wln'cIt;tlee jloods.ove1;flo2o.,tIw l2cm]ss,.. T0 t,l1$.S.;111.tl2<?,1‘:P0,1.'t,10.1.1,-
It-rfbe'g= to fdraw; particular-, attention:-At ,,'the, bklfldgg-%n?9,1%E;d.19;
11on'1est" ad-, aridge. of rocks ran .a’c:0.S$A the‘ 1‘1YS?1':,.4,$,‘.1.1.$,l:.t.1t1,“31.1 Q1: ,l9l’?.1‘.’:
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