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the decline or otherwise, of those springs that have been 
flowing for years. I remember a bore hole, five inches in 
diameter, put down eleven years ago, to the depth of 400 
feet, on the premises of the late Mr. Samuel Koutledge, 
dyer, of Huddersfield, which supplied more than 100 gallons 
per minute, and I am not aware that there has been any 
decline to the present time. The force was such, that the 
water rose 20 feet above the surface of the canal, and at 
that altitude was stationary. The quantity increased in 
proportion to the depth below the point above-named, at 
which the outlet was fixed, clearly establishing the principle 
that the force of a current of water, when flowing vertically 
from a bore-hole, or pipe, is in proportiou to the difference 
between the inlet and the outlet. Adopting this as a sound 
principle, is it not more wise in such operations to sink 
shafts or wells to a considerable depth below the surface of 
the ground, because of the certainty in the one process over 
the other ? There is no part of the country that I know of 
where nature has been more lavish or profuse in the supply 
of water, than within the lines I have named ; as in addition 
to the numerous runs from under the various deep strata I 
have referred to, there is an abundance of water, of excellent 
quality, within a reasonable distance from the surface. In 
fact, water can here be obtained at depths varying from 1 to 
600 feet in depth, and seldom failing in either quantity or 
quality. A judicious application of the artesian principle, 
so-called, would provide an ample substitute for the failure 
from our streamlets and rivers, which are now so fouled as to 
become nuisances instead of boons. Much of this might be 
remedied, if the fouled and pure water were kept separate, 
which would not be a very difficult or expensive process, and 
which some day or other will have to be enforced. Until 
this is effected we shall have to resort for a supplement and 
substitute to these internal sources I have spoken of, and 
