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  one 
  hundred. 
  In 
  Lowndes 
  County 
  alone, 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  

   than 
  thirty 
  of 
  these, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Tombig- 
  

   bee 
  River. 
  

  

  Details 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  locality, 
  depth, 
  and 
  volume 
  of 
  water 
  

   discharged, 
  &c., 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  these, 
  were 
  obtained 
  

   when 
  on 
  an 
  excursion 
  to 
  that 
  county. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  quite 
  moderate 
  depth, 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifteen 
  to 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy 
  

   feet. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  remarkable 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  that 
  formerly 
  known 
  

   as 
  Bexley's, 
  which, 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  inconsiderable 
  depth 
  

   of 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-six 
  feet, 
  throws 
  up 
  one 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  sixty 
  gallons 
  per 
  minute. 
  

  

  The 
  next, 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  water, 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  

   Fernande's, 
  the 
  depth 
  being 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety 
  feet; 
  

   and 
  the 
  discharge 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifteen 
  gallons. 
  

  

  The 
  highest 
  jet 
  above 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  fifteen 
  feet, 
  given 
  

   by 
  the 
  wells 
  of 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Cannon. 
  In 
  the 
  others 
  

   enumerated, 
  it 
  ranges 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  five 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  public 
  well 
  in 
  Columbus 
  is 
  the 
  deepest, 
  being 
  

   three 
  hundred 
  and 
  seven 
  ty-on^ 
  feet; 
  it 
  discharges 
  thirty 
  

   gallons 
  per 
  minute, 
  four 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  surface, 
  the 
  tem- 
  

   perature 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  being 
  65° 
  Fahr. 
  

  

  From 
  Dr. 
  Spillman, 
  of 
  Columbus, 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  am 
  in- 
  

   debted 
  mainly 
  for 
  the 
  foregoiifg 
  details 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  wells 
  in 
  

   Lowndes 
  County, 
  and 
  for 
  other 
  attentions, 
  I 
  derived 
  the 
  

   following 
  particulars 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  stratification 
  disclosed 
  by 
  

   the 
  boring 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  well 
  in 
  Columbus; 
  the 
  Doctor 
  

   being 
  the 
  only 
  person, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  learn, 
  who 
  had 
  

   bestowed 
  much 
  intelligent 
  observation 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  in 
  

   that 
  quarter, 
  or 
  had 
  taken 
  note 
  of 
  such 
  observations. 
  

   The 
  details 
  were 
  more 
  minute, 
  as 
  furnished, 
  than 
  I 
  have 
  

   given 
  them, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  similar 
  observations 
  in 
  

  

  