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been, and would also of necessity have persisted where the " tart 
land " exists. 
It is a remarkable circumstance that in the parish of Sock, and 
also in the adjoining one of Tintinhull, the water, which is obtained 
by the sinking of wells on land which rises a few feet above the 
level of the valley of the Yeo, is so impregnated with sulphuretted 
hydrogen that it can ovly be used for ordinary cleansing purposes. 
On these farms the occupiers are obliged to collect rain-water from 
the roofs of the buildings for drinking and culinary uses. The fetor 
of the well-water is at times almost unbearable on being dra'W'n by 
the pumps belonging to farm-residences. 
On the farm in the occupation of Mr. Bradley the surplus of the 
house water from the pump mixes with the fetid sewage, and also 
partly with the drainage of the cattle-yards, and then finds its way 
to the bottom of the meadow Ko. 30, in which many animals have 
died ; but it does not go near to the other meadows where also the 
disease has manifested itself. Besides this, No. 30 meadow, which 
has a considerable fall from its upper to its lower part, is so situated 
as to induce the belief that water, charged with organic matters 
which yield sulphuretted hydrogen, may percolate the sides of the 
f^lope and impart some deleterious principles to the herbage. This 
is a point which requires further investigation, and should be 
undertaken by those who possess a chemical and also a geological 
laiowledge. To show the singular geological condition of the 
locality, I may state that Mr. Bradley, some years since, with a 
view of getting good water for his house, sunk a well on the level 
of the valle}-, and within a hundred and twenty yards of the original 
one, which yielded water so impregnated with saline matters that it 
also could not be used. 
On inquiring into the water supply on Mr. Hussey's farm, which 
lip to the present time has been perfectlj^ free from the disease, I 
ascertained that about six years since a well, which j-ielded fetid 
water, was covered in, and the water from a brook diverted so as 
to supply a tank, from which it is pumped for the use of the cattle. 
This was done in consequence of the animals refusing to drink 
the fetid water, or when doing -so becoming attacked with diarrhoea. 
The tank is situated about forty feet from the well, and at times its 
water has a slight unpleasant smell, arising, as is supposed, from 
leakage, either from the well or from the surrounding soil. 
My next A-isit was to ]\Ir. Taylor's fann at Tintinhull, and was 
made chiefly because I was informed that the cattle here constantly 
drank fetid water, and that their health was in no way affected. On 
inspecting the premises, however, I found that this was not tho 
case, and that the term "bad water" was used synonymously with 
fetid wafer. Tho water given to tho cattle is drawn from a pump 
in the shed, and is conducted by pijies into small drinking-troughs 
made of iron, and placed in front of the stalls. It is a2">parcntly 
largely impregnated with tho salts of lime, has a somewhat chaly- 
beate taste, and is not very clear; but, nevertheless, it is not more 
