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the Plantation next Ea.st of Woodboo, there is another Spring wliich has never 

 been known to fail, very much smaller than that at Woodboo, but interesting 

 from its origin in the marl, and from its having several openings along the slope 

 of a shght elevation, communicating with each other by subterranean passages. 

 The quantity of water is quite moderate. This empties into the Santee Canal 

 also. 



The next Plantation West of Woodboo is "Wantoot, the Homestead of one 

 branch of the Kavenel Family, here there is another copious spring, from which 

 a large quantity of water issues, by a half dozen or more openings in an exten- 

 sive basin at the foot of the hill upon which the venerable Mansion stands. 

 The water here issues from the marl which is about two or three feet below 

 the sm-face at this spot. This water passes South and is carried under the 

 Santee Canal in a Brick Acqueduct, to be used on the Eice-iields of Wantoot 

 Plantation. 



I once observed a small spring near the shore of this basin, and with my Bro- 

 ther, dug away the sand and mud, down to the Limestone or marl, and found 

 the water issuing rapidly from a small hole in the marL I cut off a joint from 

 my fishing cane and inserted in the opening, and was surprised to find the water 

 rise to the top and there overflow. I cut longer pieces of the cane, destroying 

 the divisions at the joints, and by securing them with the clay at their junction 

 with the marl, the water was found to rise about sis feet above the marl ; the 

 opening in the marl then became too large to permit further experiments, and 

 in a few days an opening of about 18 inches gave vent to a full stream of water. 

 By attaching a rifle baU to a line, the sounding was about 14 or 15 feet deep, 

 the passage sloping irregulaiiy, so that a gieater depth could not be reached ; 

 by baiting the line large fish were frequently caught in these trials. 



At most of the Plantations in this neighbourhood there are similar Springs, 

 at Pooshee, at the Fountain Swamp, at Chelsea and many othei-s, which have 

 all ai^parently the same origin ; they all escape from streams in the mark and 

 are all shghtly affected by the presence of Lime. 



At Eutaw, the Spring in the battle-field near the Old Brick House, is a spring 

 of the same character ; there is a sudden depression in the field, with water is- 

 suing rapidly from one side and sinking into the other. A few hundred yards 

 North of this Spring, Eutaw Creek commences suddenly, at a depression, by 

 the bursting out of a very large spring. At a short distance down the Creek, 

 North, a second veiy large spiing issues, known as the "Blue Spring," these 

 together pour out a great quantity of water, which passes into Santee Biver. 



La this neighbourhood there are other Spiings of considerable size which 

 empty into Santee Kiver. 



Now, what is the Origin of these Springs ? While interested as a boy, vrith 

 my experiments upon the sxx)uting of water at Wantoot Spring, and taking 

 large trout, bream and perch from the hole in the Limestone, the elderly gen- 

 tlemen visiting at our house, attracted by my interest in the matter, cxiuesscd 

 the opinion, which seemed general among them, that these springs were all 

 supphed with water from Santee Eiver, but how, no one ventm-ed to explain. 



In after years, when better acquainted with the structure of the countiy be- 



