■- K>llowih»-exceiTent advice) from the pen'Vf an "Old Indian" is published mi: 1 y-i\re'Bordfr : Pds^^^ '-' . -water 'you' lmve'-also'-io abundance, inly. at... ltSlerv , aTs" ; ;S's'e'?7J&; ?! wo>k ;mjl save . U;J^''?s tb7~secure ' bofh"" together.; The : , 'Mio^spebming frbtn the burning sands of '7 Africa into Spain^knew tlie^vahie of I w^ater,'- --: ;'and at once set-to saving it. -How ■•vHh^'fir^ck'to.'the many rills running down r the Spanish Sierras, storing their jwaters f carefuilpiu high . r places,- steering- them ,'~ ' lovinglylthroflg^^every" street iiud: every house/round aiid round every" garden and Oevery -* fi el d, until the^ iroa'de; of Granad a a city'ot nearly-half a .million bf'-inhahitants , -^ofitß^valJey^anptberT garden of j Eden.' r The;p.lain.s^of ( Coi*dova were made to flow witß milk* and honeys teeming with a dense and happy population of men, women, and children!; barren* -sands . of Valencia, - - -36' miles'of ksdesert^tuFnediintera' perfect' ; earpet'of lowers! 'All through the agency.. Vo<6i water carefully collected and stoj-ed for , Itime of need. to this Vday, be j..po thje <man fwfy}. pastes % Again, the ; . plaihß;o/Lpmbardy were made one! of the ■;,..:. -mog'f'prod^ earth, py the; o"salne^;0 "salne^; ; means 7: 7? Australasians, : you must fact i§. you have gone to ; ;Ayoii'r^ it J v/is^hard to divert you from it/- xou come and ;;^^shijfe7?carcp ;£the 'fbVmep^u.^a^'e^ee^ ;;^your^^ .'. 2io :pt^iare;f or7f^rial:ny7'a l^y'. .In your nejft'/ f ;if^ay/ v^TuHhe bid: country ybu; have 7^een:/ qf >liabitk n -that I^believe/' you- ; .: have, -set to draining. ; ■% •|s^mpS;^in^A.ustralia ,! :. • rXour,/- endeavors P^iversj^a^^ Uwater,;: jjjgpfiMlM^ can'£see7i §gplds|§l&yp^ lp:#R4erW
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 288, 9 December 1869, Page 2
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