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of Monkton Farleigh, to meet John MuUins and myself on the 

 field (this was Friday, January 20th, 1865), as I had hoard that. 

 Mr. Earle had the gift, and had discovered water by it on his 

 own land at Monktoti Fai'leigh. He was not aware of the marks 

 on the wall, but the twig turned with him at the same places as 

 ■with Mullins ; they differed only in the position in the field as to 

 the best place to sink the Avell, both being in the same line. The 

 well was sunk, and water was found at about 80 feet in yellow 

 claj' under the rock, but this not being of suflScient depth, and 

 the clay being a thin bed, Mullins went down about 25 feet 

 lower and came on a good spring in the blue lias. This allowed 

 a cavity of 4 feet, but, as the bed was not water-tight much 

 farther down, we ended with this. 



" Mullins afterwards found some springs near the house, and 

 traced them up to the spot where, under the croquet lawn, a. 

 •spring had been found some years before. Since then I have 

 employed him at Claverton, and sunk two wells successfully, and 

 he has again traced several springs which have been verified. 

 In two instances where the line of a drain had been lost he 

 recovered the spot, and was always correct. My two sons, who 

 had watched the operation, found they also had the gift. I 

 •cannot resist the conclusion that it is a real gift possessed by 

 some persons, and that it may have been a natural provision to 

 enable men to obtain that very necessary element (water) when 

 there are no signs above the surface."',. 



I have referred especially to John Mullins because I have 

 seen and heard more of him than others, and because it would 

 hinder too much of j'our time to go into details in reference to 

 more than one diviner. I have, however, information with 

 regard to several others, and a notable one in this district is Mr. 

 W. S. Lawrence, of Bishopston, Bristol, who uses a piece of 

 watch-spring as well as a hazel rod, and to whose success in 

 finding water for them, Messrs. Evans and Owen, of the Ely 

 Paper Works, Cardiff, have recently testified in the Bristol Times 

 und Mirror. 



