230 Ebbing and flowing Stream.- 



lev, taken iiKliscriminatelv from a stack harvested the second, 

 week of hist October; — of these kernels 92 vegetated, and have 

 pro(hiced roots and sfjiral shools a> slroiiir as usual at this earW 

 season. From this result I would submit the propriety of every 

 individnal informinj>; himself by actual experiment of the fitness 

 of black barley of his own growth for seed. I am, &c. 



Ahkrinn Hall, SnlTolk, Mnrcli (i, 1817. J. R. 



[We have thought it our duty to lay the foregoing before our 

 readers ; but on a question of so much importance, it is impos- 

 sible to bestow too mud] caiition. The Commission of the French 

 Government, composed of the most scientific men in France, 

 have rej)orted, that grain which has germinated, been heated, or 

 luouldtd, ought not to be em])loyed as seed, (See their state- 

 ment in page 193 of this Number.) While alluding to this Report, 

 we cannot refrain from calling the attention of our readers to the 

 facts tlierein stated respecting the making of bread from damaged 

 grain, and to the interesting papers by Mr. Davy on the same sub- 

 ject, also given in the present Number.] 



THE EBBING ANB FLOWING STREAM IN THE HARBOUR OF 

 BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. 



About six vears ago ?vlr. Rennie, civil engineer, recommended 

 that a stratum of clay in the quay of Bridlington should be exa- 

 mined by boring, to ascertain its depth, with a view to forward 

 some improvements then in contemplation for that harbour. 

 This ex'plorement was begun under the Inspection of Mr. Milne, 

 collector of the customs ; and the result was, besiv.es a perfect 

 ktio-.vledge of the different strata, the discovery of a most sin- 

 giilar stream of pure, soft, and limpid water, which regularly 

 el)bs and flovvs twice a-day with the ocean ; recedes totally with 

 eacii reflux of the tide ; is propelled with some force as this ad- 

 vances ; and is evidonlv more agitated during a storm, particu- 

 IqiIv at the increscent period of the tide. 



These and other peculiarities, with the whole history of the 

 discovery, are already before the public. They were communi- 

 cated by Dr. Storer oi" Nottingham to the Right Hon Sir Joseph 

 Banks, P. U.S. These may be seen in the Transactions of the 

 Roval Society for 1815, part I. and in the Philosophical Maga- 

 zine, vol.xlv. p.G(i and 432. 



This curious sparing has been found to possess many excellent 

 properties; and it has been administered in numberless cases of 

 chronic disease, with decided benefit to the constitution of in- 

 valids. The water has been latelv analysed at the request of a 

 gentleman of great respectability, who, from motives of general 

 advantage, has published the analysis, with the intention, we 

 believe, of its being distributed gratuitously, chiefly amongst his 

 friends. We 



