44 VREDENBURG : RECENT ARTESIAN EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA, 

 Record of the Agra boring — concld. 



Number 

 of 



Thickness 

 of 



Depth 

 below 



DESCRIPTION OF STRATA. 





stratum. 



stratum. 



ground- level. 









Ft. in. 



Ft. in. 







44 



26 g 



55' 9 



Sandstone. 





45 



S 3 



557 



Sandstone, softer. 





46 



12 



569 



Red and white clay with red and white sand with 

 thin layer of sandstone. 



47 



4 4 



573 4 



Red and white clay with little sand. 





48 



5 8 



579 



Sandstone. 





49 



4 



583 



Red clay and soft sandstone. 





SO 



15 9 



598 9 



Sandstone. 





S' 



2 2 



600 11 



Red clay and soft sandstone. 





52 



44 2 



645 1 



Sandstone with iron interspersed. 





The strata numbered 42 to 52 belong to the Vindhyan series. 

 Another boring sunk in the Gangetic alluvium was the one 

 undertaken in the year 1887 in that part of the delta known as the 

 „ . .„ Sunderbunds. The well was sunk in the hope 



Boring at Canning in r 



the Sunderbunds. { getting a supply of fresh water for drinking 



purposes, as the water in the tidal creeks and rivers is almost all 

 brackish. The site chosen was near the residence of the Agent of 

 the Port Canning and Land Improvement Company, at Canning, 

 about 200 yards from the Mutla river. The experiment is interest- 

 ing as it shows the possibility of obtaining fresh water from the 

 strata that underlie the brackish water-bearing soil at the surface : a 

 supply of perfectly fresh water was struck at the depth of 173 feet 

 ( 44 ) 



