several little jets may be seen bubbling up through 

 the sand and gravel at the "bottom. The water of 

 this spring, -which is soft, and pleasant to the taste 

 is never discoloured "by heavy rains, but in all sea- 

 sons flows equally clear. During the summer- 

 months its quantity is diminished, though in a very 

 small degree, unless in seasons of extreme drought. 

 Within three hundred yards of its source, it turns 

 the wheel of a large mill. A spring at Carshalton, 

 neatly covered with stone, and provided with an iron 

 ladle, for the benefit of the poor and thirsty traveller 

 who has not wherewithal to purchase a draught of 

 ale, is called by the inhabitants "Boleyn's Well," 

 in consequence, as we were informed by an old lady, 

 of Anne Boleyn, when she was residing at Bedding- 

 ton Park, always having her tea made with water 

 from this spring. There is most certainly a mistake 

 in this with respect to the tea, which, as any gentle- 

 man who has read the Penny Magazine knows, was 

 not introduced into this country until upwards of a 

 hundred years after Anne Boleyn was beheaded. As, 

 in her days, court ladies and maids of honor scarcely 

 ever drank water, but diluted their solid meals with 

 a flaggon of double ale, or a quart of Gascony, it is 

 most likely that Anne used this water which is 

 said to be powerful in improving the complexion to 

 wash herself. 



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