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the bottom could perceive nothing, but only heard a 
noise above him. It is not unlike the beating of a 
march ; uncertain in its continuance, sometimes 
lasting but a short time, at other times a week or 
longer, nor is it always heard at the same distance.” 
What a fortune this well would be in the hands of 
spiritualists! would it not be well—nay better—if 
we could get them all down there, and then put the 
lid on? 
It is satisfactory to find, however, that in describ- 
ing this as a well of “one idea,” we have done it in- 
justice. In a subsequent passage we are told that 
“it supplies four families with water, which is good 
at all times, whether drumming or not.” 
Northamptonshire, it appears, enjoys by no means 
a monopoly of “ sounding waters.” 
“At Kilgarring, in South Wales, there is a cata- 
ract in the river, called the Salmon’s Leap, because 
they take their tail in their teeth, and spring over 
the cataract. On which coast also is Bosharston- 
‘Meer, so deep it could never be sounded. It bubbles, 
foams, and makes a noise against a storm, that is 
heard ten miles off.” 
A most obstreperous mere this, certainly! Then 
again :— 
“In a cliff, off Caerdiff Point, is an island called 
Barry, from Baruch, a holy man buried there. Ina 
tock hereof, by the seaside, there is a small chink, 
