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feem indeed only Branches of the former, or rather 
Channels difcharging fome Parts of the conftantly run. 
ningWater, which could not empty itfelf all into the 
Bafon } and therefore when by means of the Seafon, or 
Weather, Springs are large and high, upon the Flux 
' or Increafe of this Fountain feveral other little Springs 
are fa id to break forth, both in the Bottom of the Bafon, 
and without it, which difappear again upon the Ebb 
or Decreafe of the Fountain. All the conftantly run- 
ning Streams put together, at the time that I faw them, 
were, I believe, more than fufhcient to drive an Over- 
ihut Mill } and the Stream running into the Bafon, 
might be about one half of the whole. 
I had made a Journey purpofely to fee it, in Com.' 
pany with a Friend. When we came to the Fountain, 
we were informed by a Man, working juft by the Ba- 
fon, that the Spring had flow’d and ebb’d about 
twenty times that Morning ; but had ceas’d doing fo, 
about half an Hour before we came. I obferved the 
Stream running into the Bafon, for more than an Hour 
by my Watch, without perceiving the leaft Variation 
in it, or the leaft Alteration in the Height of the 
Surface of the Water in the Bafon } which we could 
obferve with great Nicety, by means of a broad Stone 
laid in a {helving Pofition in the Water. Thus dis- 
appointed, we were obliged to go and take fome little 
Refrelhment at our Inn ; after which we intend- 
ed to come back and fpend the reft of our Time by 
the Fountain, before we returned Home. They 
told us in the Town, that many had been difappoint- 
ed in this manner} and the common People fuperfti- 
tioufly imputed it to I know not what Influence which 
the Prefence of fome People had over the Fountain ; 
