102 On the Divining Rod. 
use of glasses. Since that time, I have not felt a symptom 
of the paralytic disorder, but have reason to conclude that 
same time, whith has SSoatined to the present srs 
Tam, Sir, with respect, 
Your obedient servant, 
“SAMUE 
MUEL LEFFERS. ” 
ee 
x& Se. 4 
Arr. xvi —On the Divining Rod, with reference to the 
use made of it in exploring for Springs of water ; ina 
letter to the Editor, dated 
Norrorx, (Con.) Oct. 23, 1820. 
Remark.—E person, in the least ¢ conversant \ with the spjects 
fas std al, must be aware that an Editor is, in no 
e will- 
yp e are 
ing to reser all well se facts respecting the divining 
spo nasi we have the misfortune to be sceptical on that sub- 
ject: perhaps, however, we ought in candor to add, that we. have 
ver seen any experiments. ‘Those so often related by the igno- 
rant, the credulous, the cunning, and the avaricious, are, in general, 
ynworthy of notice; but when attested by such a authority as that of 
the e Reverend gentleman, whose name is attached to this letter, they 
read ly attention. : 
ntinhe case, 
va SP y «lL 
Tam highly pleased with your sinly of Science 3; and 
doubt not of its being at once a ae of instruction and 
an honor to our country. .% 
_ Permit me to suggest the. cas of inserting an arti- 
cle, embodying a ‘sufficient number of well saikenienal 
facts on the use of “ mining rods” in discovering fountains 
of water under ground, to put their r utility myond a doubt. 
presume that yourself or some of your co orrespondents 
are “samedi in ates of such facts and could eniey fer 
“ article 
; Fe myself, Lens now sceptical of thei eficacy, til! 
convinced by my owns : 
