216 W. H. HmUeston— Recent Wells in Dorset. 



second great Saud-scries, aud was already encouuteriug some grey and 

 mottled clays, which he conceived might indicate the presence of the 

 Reading Eeds, and that possibly the Chalk Avas not far off ; after 

 going through this Clay-series for 30 or 40 feet further, he began to 

 have his doubts as to the position, since there was no change in the 

 nature of the ground, the boring being still in the grey clay. It was 

 pointed out that the samples brought up tallied with the regular 

 pipeclay series of the Bagshots, and that the Chalk was still far 

 distant. The boring was carried through these clays to a depth of 

 215 feet from the surface, and on October 30th operations were 

 finally discontinued. 



JVorgret Well and Borehole. 

 Details of beds from 101 feet ahove Ordnance Datum to 114 feet 

 helow Ordnance Datum : — 



■n, . , TliickBess. Depth. 



it. lu. It. in. 



X. Plateau-gravel ... ... ... 9 9 



]i Off shot Beds. 



A. Higher Bag.shot Saud Series. 



B. Higher Bagshot Clav Series. 



C. Second Bagshot Saud Series. 



D. Pipeclay Series. 



A (40 ft.). a. Fine dry saud, gradually getting coarser ... 28 6 



h. Saudy loam ... ... ... ... ... 6 



c. I'iue dry sandy loam, white in colour ... ... 5 



d. Fine sand, waterlogged ... ... ... ... 6 49 



The Top Water. 

 B (54 J ft.). Loamy clay, gradually becoming more sandy 



towards the base. No divisions were made in 

 this series ... ... ... ... ... 54 6 103 6 



Stems, leaves, and fruits were found in pale- 

 coloured pipeclay below 82 feet. 

 C (166 ft.), a. Streaky beds of sand and loam from one to three 



inches thick ... ... ... ... ... 4 6 



The Second or Main IFater. At 108 feet 

 the water came in and rose to 9 1 feet. 

 Ik Coarse dark saud ... 



c. Coarse sand, getting finer below ... ... 9 121 



(Termination of the original boring.) 



d. Pyrites, saud, and wood ... 



e. Alternations of grey sands and clay 



/. Thick grey sand ... 



//. Alternatious of grey sand with some grey clay 



/i. Very coarse dark grey sand ... ... ... 3 6 166 



D (49 ft. proved), a. Grey pipeclay, said to contain leaves in 



places ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 6 



b. Stiff yellowish clay, compact, and rather heavy, 



also mixed ... ... ... ... ... 90 



c. Mixed blui.sh grey ami yellow clays, rather gritty 4 



d. Reddish ochrv clay, staining the tiugers like 



ruddle ... " ..'. ... 10 



e. Additional boring not detailed. Terminates in 



grey pipeclay ' 24 215 



In explanation of the above table, it may be stated there is no 

 longer any idea of making use of the top water, and that all the 



