ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 135 



and carbonate of lime, proportion not stated. 



ft. 



9. Drift 10 



Red marl 35 



Upper Keuper sandstone 45 



90 

 10. Yes. 11. Yes. 12. None known. 13. No. 14. None known. 15. No. 



Messrs. Pickard and Sons. 

 I.Leicester. 2. 206 feet, mean tide Liverpool. 3. 75 feet; no bore-liole ; mean 

 width of shaft 8 feet. 4. 30 feet ; emptied in 10 hom-s, restored in a night. 5. No 

 estimate. 6. Not observed. 7. Not observed same (about) level as river. 



ft. 



9. Drift 15 



Red marl 25 



Upper Keuper sandstone 35 



75 



10. Yes. 11. Yes. 12. None known. 13. No. 14. None known. 15. No. 



Messrs. Everhard and Co. (Brewery). 

 I.Leicester. 2. 203 feet, mean tide Liverpool. 3. 50 feet, diameter 7 feet. 4.15 

 to 20 feet. 5. Not estimated. 6. Not observed. 7. No. 8. Sulphate and carbo- 

 nate of lime, proportion not known. 



ft. 



9. Diift (clay, &c.) 30 



Upper Keuper sandstone 20 



60 



10. Yes. 11. Yes. 12. None, 13. None. 14. None. 15. No. 



Messrs. Rust and Co. 

 1. Leicester. 2. 208 ft., mean tide Liverpool. 3. 80 ft., diameter 9 ft. 4. 40 ft. 

 5. No estimate. 6. Not observed. 7. Not observed. 8. No analysis, simply " hard. 



ft. 

 9. Soil 10 



Drift (clay, sand, and gravel) .... 30 

 Upper Keuper sandstone 40 



80 

 10. Yes. 11. Yes. 12. None. 13. None. 14. None. 15. No. 



Messrs. John Knowles, Mansfield. 

 1. Nuneaton, centre of the tovm. 2. 210 ft., mean tide Liverpool. 3. 30 ft., 8 ft. 

 diameter ; bore 82 ft., 4 in. diameter. 4. 105 ft. ; no pumping done. 5. 250,000 

 gallons in 24 hours. 6. No (not more than 3 ft. at most) ; stands permanently 6 ft. 

 above level of river Anker. 7. Cannot say. 8. Hard. 



ft. 

 9. Drift (sand, gravel, and clay) .... 18 



Red marl 12 



Lower Keuper sandstone 80 



Permian (or Carboniferous) 2 



112 



10. Yes. 11. Yes, by "tubbing." 12. Great triassic fault (running from N.W. to 

 S.E.) within 200 yards west of weU. 13. None. 14. None. 15. None. 



