WATER ANALYSIS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 145 



There follows a disquisition on the remedial qualities of Notting- 

 ton water, followed by warnings against its injudicious employment, 

 Imt this I do not propose to summarise further than by quoting a 

 neat Latin couplet on the title-page : 



Vulnera persanat, maculas terit, ulcera siccat, 

 Vires restituit ; sit tamen arte data. 



The condition of the well was very much neglected at this time, 

 its only protection being a low wall with arrangements for dipping 

 the water. It seems that it is due to the author's initiative that 

 steps were taken to properly inclose the spring in a circular 

 building with a suitable pump for delivering the liquid in a pure 

 state ; " with an overflow conveyed by a trough to a stone cistern 

 sunk at a proper distance for the purpose of washing diseased 

 animals ; the abhorred idea of their being dipped in the well 

 has deterred many people from using the water, and common 

 decency requires that such loathsome objects should be kept from 

 the sight of those who repair to the well to drink the water." One 

 might well be allowed to be somewhat squeamish about the use. 

 whether external or internal, of a water open to such dreadful 

 suspicions. Mangy dog plus rotten eggs are surely a most uninviting 

 combination. 



