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" I have tried the effect of the twig over a stream, and found 

 that when I stood directly over the stream the twig would turn 

 up quicker and stronger than if I stood with one foot on each 

 side of the stream, which leads me to think that the electricity 

 (or whatever other force it is) passes through the body into 

 the twig. 



" If the twig is used very much in a day, and the springs are 

 generally strong, it causes a dull, sleepy, heavy and weakening 

 feeling, and the wrists get quite painful, but if the springs are 

 weak it has a less marked effect upon you. 



" I have been out on several occasions with Mullins, when he 

 has been searching for water on estates, under the management of 

 Mr. Little, both in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, and in every case 

 in which a well has been sunk on the spot indicated by Mullins 

 ■water was found, and the most curious thing is that Mullins can 

 tell (by means of the force working in him), to within a few feet, 

 how deep you will have to dig to get to water. The correctness 

 of his opinion as to the depth to be dug to the water was very 

 strikingly shown in digging a well on the Charterhouse Estate, 

 in Wiltshire, which Mr. Little had dug to supply two new 

 cottages with water ; Mullins said they would have to go 50 

 feet, but when the man who was digging the well got down to 

 48 feet, he said it was no use going any lower for there was no 

 ■water, as the ground was so dry, but Mr. Little told him to keep 

 on till he did find water. He had only gone the other two feet 

 when he had to beat a hasty retreat, the water came in so fast, 

 and in two days there was 23 feet of water in the well, the well 

 being about four feet six inches in diameter. 



" The * dowsing rod ' is very useful in finding drains, if there 

 is any running water in them ; the water must, howeve»j be 

 running, or the twig will not turn up. It has also been the 

 means of saving a great deal of expense in searching for water." 



This latter is a case, and there are many of a similar character, 

 which is worthy of particular notice. Here the possessor of the 

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