From this point it radiates throughout the city by means of 134 miles of pipes, varying in size from 4 to 36 inches.

There is an average fall of 14 inches in the mile; and the supply, if required, can be increased to 60,000,000 gallons daily.

The total cost was 2,500,000l.; the revenue derived from it is 100,000l.

a year, moderate-sized houses paying 2l., and others in proportion.
[Illustration: PLAN OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT.
(_From Schramke's Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct_.)] In conclusion, I would observe that this grand work is entitled to notice from the skill displayed by the engineers, the quantity of the supply, and the quality of the article, which latter is nearly as good as sherry cobbler--not quite.

If my reader has been inveigled into reading the foregoing details, and has got bored thereby, a gallon of Croton water is an admirable antidote; but, as that may not be available, I would suggest a cobbler, and another page or two; the latter upon the principle adopted by indiscreet drinkers, of "taking a hair of the dog that bit them." The concluding passage of the last paragraph reminds me of a practice which, I have no doubt, the intense heat of a New York summer renders very advisable, if not absolutely necessary--viz., the canine _auto-da-fe_, which takes place in July.