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Some fay, that Swarms of fmall Flies pitching ixponthe_ 

 Ground about one and the fame Place, are certain Signs that; 

 there is Water in it ^ others advife, to bore the Earth with 

 long Iron Awgers, that by what is brought up in them, you 

 may judge of what is contained under Grounds 



You Ihould obferve the Places where thefe Herbs are, 

 and where you find Vapours rife, to fee if they be notmoift 

 upon their Surface^, as a Marfli is ; for it would be- to no-: 

 purpofe to dig there, fince fuch Waters iifue not from 

 Springs, and are no more than a CoUcdion of Rain-AVater, 

 and the Meltings of Snow. People have been a long time 

 deluded by certain Perfons, who pretend to find out Water 

 by the Help of a Hafel-Wand, called a Vmnmg'-Stit%_ 

 which is a ridiculous Piece of Folly 5 neverthelefs it has 

 had, and ftili has its Followers, though but few. 



There are likewife many other Ways of fearching out 

 Springs, but I pafs them over in Silence, as well as feveral 

 Obfervations I have made upon the Or igine of Fountains^ 

 upon Water-Engines, upon the Leveling and Gaging of Wa- 

 ters, which would carry me too far from my prefent Pur- 

 pofe. If this Work find Acceptance with the Publick, I 

 may poffibly communicate them in a fecond Edition. 



The Search for Water is ufually made in the Months of 

 ^Augufl^ September^ and O^iober^ becaufe at that Time the 

 Earth being wholly difcharged of its Moifture, is very dry, 

 and all the Water that is then found^ may be properly calFd 

 a Spring. 



Suppose then that you have found Water in feveral 

 Parts of a Hill, let Wells be made at convenient Diftances, 

 as well to know the Quantity of Water, as to difcover the 

 Depth to the Bed of Clay or Sand-Stone that holds it, which 

 Bed Ihould never be pierced through, for fear of lofing the 

 Spring. Seek always for the higheft Places, that you may- 

 take the Spring at its Head, and that the Water comings 

 from aloft, may rife the higher in your Gardens. You 

 fliould make a Communication between one Well and ano- 

 ther, by Drains ; and choofing a Spot of Ground that is 

 fomewhat flat, join all your Water together in a Referver^. 

 or Confervatory^ from whence you may lead it^ by Pipes^ to 

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