at the north-west end frequently fails ; but the other 

 is a fine perennial spring, called Well-head, little in- 

 fluenced by drought or wet seasons, inasmuch as it 

 produced on the 14th September, 1781, after a se- 

 vere hot summer and a preceding dry spring and 

 winter, nine gallons of water in a minute, at a time 

 when many of the wells failed, and all the ponds in 

 the vales were dry. 



This spring breaks out of some high grounds 

 joining to Nore Hill, a noble chalk promontory, re- 

 markable for sending forth two streams into two 

 different seas. The one to the south becomes a 

 branch of the Arun, running to Arundel, and so fall- 

 ing into the British Channel : the other to the north. 

 The Selborne stream makes one branch of the 

 Wey ; and, meeting the Blackdown stream at Hed- 

 leigh, and the Alton and Farnham stream at Tilford 

 Bridge, swells into a considerable river, navigable at 

 Godalming ; from whence it passes to Guildford, 

 and so into the Thames at Weybridge ; and thus at 

 the Nore into the German Ocean. 



Our wells, at an average, run to about sixty-three 

 feet, and when sunk to that depth seldom fail ; but 

 produce a fine limpid water, soft to the taste, and 

 much commended by those w^ho drink the pure ele- 

 ment, but which does not lather well with soap. 



To the north-west, north, and east of the village 

 is a range of fair inclosures, consisting of what is 

 called a white malm, a sort of rotten or rubble stone, 



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