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AbJlraB of an account, containing the particulars of a 

 boring made near the River Hooghly, in the vici- 

 nity of Calcutta, from May to July 1814 inclufive^ 

 in fearch of a fpnng of pure water. 



COMMUNICATED 



By Sir EDWARD HYDE EAST, 



THE NUMERALS eepeesejyt FEET from the SURFACE s 



2 p -.----• <■-..- Dry earth with foorky (brick dull.) 



3 to 6 (Inclufive) dry fand with a little clay. 



7 — 21 ........... Blue clay, with fand, more or lefs, 



22— 31 .---..--- Blue clay, with fhear coal. 



32 — 52 Blue clay, with a little rotten 



53 — 56 -----.--- Blue clay, with coah 



