where
the ground to all appearance is quite secure. When labour can be spared
from other and at present more pressing operations, this work will be
pushed on. It, of course, cannot be finished for a considerable time;
but when it is done, the scheme for the delivery of the quartz will be
complete, and there will be an appreciable saving both of labour and
time.
But
we must continue our journey if we wish to see the works. Crossing the
stream and following its downward course, the path is cut through a
jungle of marshy plants, with plenty of fine timber overhead. The
descent here by a zigzag path is very steep, and we again reach the
stream, which we cross a second time at a point where it is joined by
another considerable brook, a chain and a half within the boundary of
the South Indian property.
At
a distance of fifteen chains down stream, there is a succession of
picturesque waterfalls, and deep pools. At this spot the water race
will be commenced. It is intended to convey the water, in a large
aqueduct, a distance of about a thousand feet to the works, where there
will be a perpendicular fall of about 120 feet into the turbines which
drive the machinery. At the time I visited the place, the river was at
its lowest, and from the volume of water I believe that no
apprehensions need be entertained that our water supply will at any
time fail us.
