3'8 VREDENBURG : RECENT ARTESIAN EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA. 

 Record of t; ie L uc knou) Artesian Well -con eld. 



Description of soil. 



Colour. 



Sandy silt, very fine ..... 



Sand, coarse . . . water 2 ft. 



Sand, coarse, abundance of kankar, some mica. 



Quicksand, coarse . . water 5 ft- 



Sand, coarse, abundance of kankar nodules 



Sand, coarse and free . . water 5 ft. 



Kankar, solid bed, very hard .... 



Limestone, soft, commonly called rotten 

 limestone ...... 



Rotten limestone, frequent hard streaks, some 

 nodules ....... 



Limey silt, i.e., limey clay with a little fine 

 sand ..... , . 



Kankar, solid bed very hard .... 



Limey siit, with occasional hard nodules . 



Limestone, medium hard .... 



Limey silt, alternate hard and soft thin layers . 



Kankar, solid bed, very hard 



Limey silt, hard and soft layers some nodules, 

 water /J ft. 



Limey silt with occasional hard streaks . 



Quicksand, coarse, with abundance of mica 



Sand, coarse, medium hard, with nodules 



Quicksand, coarse, with abundance of mica— 

 water flowed lo gals, per minute at surf ace . 



Sand, coarse, in hard and soft layers . , 



Sand, fine, rather hard, with streaks of silt 



Clayey silt, very fine, compact and uniform 



Yellow 

 Grey . 

 Grey . 

 Grey . . 



Grey . . 



Grey . 

 Bluish grey 



Grey . 



Grey . 



Yellowish brown 

 Bluish grey 

 Yellow 

 Grey . 

 Yellow 

 Bluish grey . 



Greyish brown 

 Yellow 

 Yellow 

 Grey . 



Grey . 

 Grey . 

 Brown 

 Greyish brown 



Thick- 

 ness of 

 stratum. 



Total 

 depth. 



13 

 IS 



IS 

 27 



23 



IS 



2 



7 

 16 



27 



2 



24 



3 



3 

 3 



7 

 13 



S 

 23 



13 

 19 

 19 

 96 



960 



97S 

 990 

 1,017 

 1,040 

 1,055 

 i,oS7 



1,064 



i,c8o 



1,107 

 1,109 

 1, '33 

 i,i35 

 1,138 

 1,141 



1,148 

 1,161 

 1,168* 

 1,189 



1,202 

 1,221 

 1,240 



1,336 



( 38 ) 



* Sic. in original. 



