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comment on the part of those responsible for the direction of the gar-
den.
In other cases out of deference to an idea that something resembl-
ing a well should be provided, wooden boxes, iron cylinders or earth-
en well-rings have been sunk for from two to twelve feet in the soil
usually in or near a stream bed.
Where the sole source of supply is from kutcha wells or water-
holes these are often sunk in the midst of a coolie line, often within
a few feet of houses and cattle sheds.
As the dry season advances and greater and greater difficulty
is encountered in getting water, all the evils of such insanitary arrange-
ments become markedly increased. Even for physical wants the
supplies are not infrequently insufficient, leading to much hardship
and a tendency to make use of water that would otherwise be scru-
pulously avoided. Conditions which appear to casual inspection
passable will often be found on careful examination to be far from sa-
tisfactory. Coolies will be seen, for instance, carrying water from long
distances and enquiry will show that they are debarred from the use
of nearer supplies which have been practically commandeered by the
older coolies. In one case we learned of eleven coolies, just up from
their country, who left the garden the day after their arrival on account
of difficulties they encountered regarding a supply of water. In this
instance there was a well some 70 feet deep and the only other available
supplies were about a mile away. The difficulty was that the older
coolies already using this well would not allow the new-comers to draw
water.
Every now and again it happens that severe outbreaks of cholera
occur on a garden and steps are then taken to improve matters. This
has led to some gardens using water pumped from wells into cisterns
and distributed by pipes to the different lines. But although some
supplies of this kind are good, in the others the wells are open to pollu-
tion, a fact which does not usually appear to receive the least atten-
tion or consideration. In parts of the district the water level is far
below the surface and wells require to be sunk in a depth of from 50 to