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bathers may be prudent enough to select in future such
spots as may be free from danger of drowning.
The following arrangements were made, among others,
for drawing off the water by means of the existing sewer
which passes close to the north-east corner of the Serpentine,
and near the present outfall:—
(1.) For drawing off water from time to time and
draining the mud with the whole bed of the lake by various
means, until the mud should be of sufficient consistence to
be moved; the work of moving the mud not to be commenced
until it is thoroughly drained and consolidated.
The exposed surfaces to be deodorized by spreading over
them lime, fresh earth, or burnt ballast.
(2.) For providing a new outfall, by laying in concrete
a 3 feet cast-iron discharge-pipe from the lake, and connecting
the same with the existing sewer.
(3.) For supplying water through a cast-iron 24-inch
pipe, from the Grand Junction Waterworks Company's
mains in the Bayswater-road, to a point in the lake near
the fountains.
(4.) For taking out the whole of the mud from the
part of the Serpentine within Kensington-gardens (i.e., west
of the bridge), forming the bottom so as to give a depth of
4 ft. 6 in. in the middle and 4 ft. at the bottom of the
slopes at the north end, and 5 ft. in the middle and 4 ft. 6 in.
at the bottom of the slopes near the bridge, and covering
the slopes, and the top to be protected by a brick at one end;
and the footpaths to be made good with a surface of hard
binding gravel.
(5.) For taking out sufficient mud from the bed of the
Serpentine, on the east side of the bridge, as to leave a
depth of water in the middle of the lake of 14 feet near the
centre outfall and of 8 feet near the bridge, or as near
those depths as possible, for forming slopes at an inclination
of 6 to 1 for a depth of 5 feet, and to make the fall from