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he wished to allude to. In the paper Mr. Morgan had spoken of 
the difficulty of gauging the deep-seated springs. Well, he had 
been very anxious to ascertain whether the recent excessively dry 
year had in any way affected their hot water supply as to 
quantity or temperature, but upon making inquiry of some of the 
authorities he failed to ascertain that any scientific record had 
been taken at stated times during any long period. He thought 
this defect, if true, ought to be remedied by our civic authorities, 
and a record carefully taken and reasonable access obtained to 
such on application. 
Capt. LysaGurt said he was glad of this opportunity of stating 
that the authorities were fully aware of the state of the case, and 
that he had listened to Mr. Morgan’s paper with great interest. 
The hardness of the Bath water was only too well known from the 
inconvenience and expense attending the calcareous deposits in 
their mains and pipes, and the adoption of Clark’s or any other 
system was only a matter of cost. The shortness of supply he 
attributed greatly to the waste in private houses, which was quite 
50 per cent. The purity of the water was undoubted; did any 
foulness ever exist, it was in all cases traced to the dirty state in 
which private individuals allowed their cisterns to remain, of 
which he gave several instances. As to the necessity of greater 
storage capacity, he disagreed with the views expressed by the 
Secretary and Mr. Skrine, and gave no hopes for any further 
extension in that way, unless public opinion was brought to bear 
upon the authorities. 
Mr. CLARKE concluded the afternoon by giving the following 
interesting sketch of a trip he had, during the summer of 1884, 
made to the North Cape in the s.s. “‘ Ceylon.” 
It has been suggested that a short account of a trip taken in the 
summer of last year, to visit the Northern Latitudes, and to view the 
midnight sun, might interest the Field Club. The purport of the 
voyage was to visit Copenhagen, to take the West Coast of Norway. 
calling at towns en route to the North Cape, thence to Iceland. On 
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