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WILLIAM SMITH : HIS MAPS AND MEMOIRS 
Descriptions are given in six columns, as below (beginning at 
the left) :— 
^' Hot and other Mineral Waters hurst from the Strata at the 
foot of these steep Hills — Numerous Springs issue from these fre- 
quent alternations of Strata Coal is worked dipping N. or N.W. 
at Newton Pits only 2 Miles W. of Bath In the late experiment 
for Coal at Batheaston on the other side of Bath the Strata usually 
penetrated for Coal in these parts were found in regular succession, 
hut the immense quantity of Water ivhich hurst in through a boringhole 
in the Red Earth alarmed the Conservators of the Bath Hot Springs 
as to their safety two of ivhich failed about the same time, one party 
being tired of the vast expense attending such Water and the other 
having employed me to restore the Springs the experiment succeeded 
and restored tranquility in the minds of many.'' 
" Part of Selwood and other extensive Forests and Woodlands 
on these Clays." 
Black Dog Hill the summit of drainage heticeen the English 
and Bristol Channels.'' 
" The u neon for mahleness of the Coral Rag and Pisolite (12. 13) 
is noticed in Wm. Smith's other Works." 
" The first Turnpike Road from Bath to Salisbury was made 
over the Downs — The present Road through the Willy Bourn, paral- 
lel to the hilly margin of the Doivns, ivas called ' Underclijf.' " 
" The Scarcity of Water and other reasons for the paucity of 
habitations on the Hills accounts for the numerous Sites of Population 
in the V allies — The great Flocks of Sheep are kept upon these 
Downs and supplied with early Spring feed from water-meadows in 
the V allies." 
" The Declination from Beacon Hill station toivards OldSarum, 
tvas too great for the accurate admeasurement of a Base Line." 
" Gun Elicits formerly manufactured at Salisbury." 
" The Spire of Salisbury Cathedral is 410 feet high." 
" Fro)n these Hills of moderate altitude the vast extent of the 
Neiv Forest slopes gradually to the Shores of the Sea and the South- 
ampton Water — The Clay parts are covered ivith Oaks and the 
Sandy and the Gravelly like Bagshot Heath ivith Furze and Ling." 
