Splenic Apoplexy. 
243 
At Cheltenham and Gloucester, the different waters of the various 
"spas" •\vonld appear not only to be like those of Somerset in 
chemical composition, but to be also derived from the same formation 
and under like geological conditions. The facts so far described 
were noted on the 20th of June, on which day, at the request of the 
Secretary of your Society, I proceeded in company with Professor 
Simonds to the neighbourhood of Ilchester. The following day was 
devoted to an examination chiefly of the herbage of the district ; 
the results of which I now lay before the Society. 
On visiting Bierly Farm, I first examined the water of two 
wells : 
Well 1. — Twenty-seven feet deep, had twelve feet of highly fetid 
sulphur water. 
Well 2. — ^Pronounced to be good water by the faa-mer, Mr. Taylor. 
It is about fifty j-ards from ISo. 1, and said to be eighteen feet 
deep. The water, judging from the taste, is impregnated 
with iron. 
The ditch-water of this farm is considered good. 
A large upland meadow on this farm was pointed out as being 
" veiy TART ; " in this, the following were the prevailing plants : 
Ranunculus bulbosits (bulbous buttercup), Cynosurus cristatus 
(crested dogstail), Avena fiavescens (yellow oat-like grass), Dactylis 
(jhmerata (cocksfoot). 
Here the great mass of the bulbous crowfoot and the dogstail is 
highly significant of a poor hungry pasture. 
From this farm we proceeded to Sock, where I would first note 
that the open farm-yards are bounded by buildings with large roofs 
and with no spouts to carry off the water. Under such circum- 
stances, the cattle must triturate their manure with the rain that 
falls, and with the juices oozing therefrom their drinking-water 
becomes contaminated. 
Plants IN Field 18, Sock Faem. 
Botanical Name. 
Eanunculus bulbosus 
; , acris .. 
Carduus arvensis 
Poteiitilla auserina 
Trifolia .. .. 
Cynosurus cristatus 
Aira csespitosa 
Poa trivialis .. 
Hordeum pratense 
Festuca pratense . . 
Lolium perenne .. 
Carices 
Junci 
Trivial Name. 
Bulbous buttercup 
Upright , , 
Creeping thistle 
Silver \Teed 
Clovers 
Crested dogstail 
Tussac grass 
Rough-stalked meadow grass 
Meadow barley 
, , fescue 
Rye grass 
Sedges, var 
Rushes, rar 
Proportionals. 
10 
5 
8 
12 
1 
20 
5 
5 
1 
scarcely re- 
presented. 
G 
Herbs of a good kind barely represehted. 
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