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in some places. There are some whimsical like- 

 nesses, which the pen need not describe nor the 

 pencil dehneate. Mr. Cookworthy, of Plymouth, a 

 very ingenious man, and an excellent chemist, has 

 been so obHging as to analyze the water of the three 

 wells, and has found by many experiments, that it 

 is very soft, and fit for every purpose. I therefore 

 beg leave to congratulate your lordship on the dis- 

 covery of this water, which, though there was no 

 want before, cannot fail to be a valuable acquisition 

 to your townofStonehouse ; a place very delightful, 

 and superior to most for the beauty of its prospects, 

 and the elegance of its situation, and what is still 

 better, for the goodness of the air, as the longevity 

 of the inhabitants sufficiently evinces. 



I have the honour to be, my Lord, 

 Your Lordship's most obedient, 

 and obliged humble servant, 



FRANCIS GEACH. 



PLYMOUTH AND DARTMOOR RAILWAY. 



Since the article inserted in our last month's Museum (page 

 97), was written, we have been furnished with some further 

 information relative to this undertaking ; and least some of our 

 readers may have formed erroneous conclusions in reference to 

 the construction of the works, we think it our duty, at the 

 earliest opportunity, to set them right on the subject. We 

 stated that Mr. William Stuart was the engineer, and Mr. Hugh 

 Macintosh, contractor, and then gave a description of the works 

 as executed. Those of our readers who were unacquainted with 

 the proceedings of the Railway Company, would, from this, 

 naturally suppose, that the whole of the works were done by 

 those gentlemen ; such, however, was not the case, for after a 

 considerable portion of the then intended line of road had been 

 formed, it was discovered that about four miles thereof were so 

 steep as to be totally unfit for the purposes intended. Mr. 

 Roger Hopkins, who then resided at Swansea, and had been , 

 for many years, successfully employed as an engineer, in the 



