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breathing, and left the well, Laving occafion to measure *tlie 

 ^vidth at the bottom, in order to fix a curb, infifled on Toeing 



let down. He had been at the bottom but a few minutes, be- 

 fore he was feen to fall, and remain without motion. 



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His condition, alarmed the other workmen, and one of 

 them, whofe name was Buntings was let down with a fmall 

 rope in his hand, to pafs about the bocfy of Mr. TileJlGn^ in 

 order to pull him up ; but before Bu?iting was able to make 



the rope fail, he fell. 



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-^ Although the danger was now known to be very great, the 

 anxiety to fave the two men, wh6 were in a dying condition, 



was fuperior to the danger. 



A Mr. Hancock^ contrary to the advice of all prefent, went 

 down, but no fooner reached the bottom, than he fell with 

 the other two. '^m ' 



There were now three men, lying apparently dead on the 



bottom of the well. 



A fea fsh-ing man, whofe name is Clarke^ came to the place, 

 at that moment, and would have immediately gone down, 

 had not Isli, Jonathan Balch (who furnifiied me with the mate- 

 rials for this communication) prevented him, until, by an ex- 

 periment which he had tried on a like occafion, he might leffen 

 the danger. 



A common mat, fuch as merchants wrap about bales of 



goods, was faltened to a rope and let dowfi. By working this 



mat 



