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Remarks on the Watershed of the Gotteswolds, in connexion with 

 the Water Supply to the Metropolis. By J. H. Taunton, Esq., 

 M.LC.E. 



The Watershed of the Upper Thames occupies so much of the 

 hunting-ground of the Cotteswold Field Club, that I hope I may 

 be permitted to refer to the subject again, in connexion with 

 Mr. Bkavendek's paper, and the remarks and views therein 

 contained, on the subject of Water Supply generally. 



First, in respect to altitude, it is well known that the extreme 

 elevation of the Gotteswolds is only 1100 feet above the sea; 

 and the average yearly rainfall on them is, as may be expected, 

 not great, berag but 28 inches, as stated by Mr. Bra vendee 

 in his paper, and by myself in the evidence taken before the 

 Commission for inquiring into the best means of preventing the 

 Pollution of Elvers. It may be interesting to the Cotteswold 

 Club to have a return of the rain as registered at Thames Head, 

 and I therefore append a copy of the record, as made under my 

 direction at that place, from January 1859, to December 1866, 



