286 ON WELLS IN LIVERPOOL PLAINS, 
follows: January 5th, took out 2 feet of water; the first 13 
inches rose in 1 hows and 45 minutes; then 2, in ches in 60 
I have given Mr. Williams’ statement exactly as it is written, 
and its value as a record cannot be doubted. My labours would 
mation been as obliging as the late manager at Bando, and 
managers rs of Bomera, Moredevil, and Trinkay. To those ‘gentlemen 
It appeared strange to me that the weather should so much 
wot these wells and springs ; and in turning the matter over In 
mind I thought I had discovered the solution in the fact that 
on id em sunny days the trees must evaporate an enormous quan- 
tity of moisture, which upon dull days would be retained or 
rather not drawn from the earth. In the case of the springs at 
Tambar and Garrawilla, which must have their fountain-head £ 
distant from where they appear, and the wells of which Mr. ' 
liams gives the deseription, a little reflection will show 4% d 
cause of this alternation in the outflow cannot be 
influence of the vegetation. The springs at Tambar - on thes 
ea 4 
BEEERE 
not far from the same watercourse, which makes 
of nearly 7,000 gallons per hour. Coomoo Coomoo d 
be observed by the map, flows out on the plain, 
forms Goran ates e a sheet of water some 25 to 30 
i very ' eee oe 
and sometimes lasts for several years, forms in what one 
a depression in the plain, the borders of which are ® from 
defined by a ridge of sand. The depth of the water weet a 
3 to 7 feet. Several miles to the south-west, Trinkay 80. 
pe ad for its ironbark forest, is situated. — 
loose ; 
able quantity, 
