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the Weight of a Rope of that Length, would be fo 
great as to make the Landing of the Plummet fcarce 
perceivable. Be that as it will, the Depth of it is to 
coufiderable ; and'confidering that we 
have no where good an Opportunity 
c™ ! "" ever had the 
Courage to venture down. It is faid indeed, that a poor 
h c JTaf ^ kope about 
his Middle, two hundred'Yafds ^ and that he was 
drawn up again, out of his Senfes, and. died a few 
Days after : And no Wonder, for the poor Wretch 
having nothing elfe to refled on in^that difmal 
r^£ 4,^ D?np he had put himfelf inrofor 
the Sake of a littre Money, might probably be 
fright ned out of his Senfes. Or indeed the very ■ 
Fatigue itfelfmight put him into that Condition ■ as 
any one will ealily imagine, who has been let down but 
aquarter of the Way, and 'drawn up again in that 
Manner. But I conceive that if any intelligfnt and pru- . 
dent Perfon was to be let down in a proper Machine- 
he would not be much in Danger, and his Fatieue 
would be very inconfiderable. ^ 
The and flowing Well is far from being re- 
gular, as fome have pretended. It is very feldom 
feen by the Neighbours thcmfelves ; and, for my 
Part, I vvaitcd a good while at it to no Purpofe : And 
lo I ihaJJ pals lE over in Silence. 
Buxton-Well has been eileemed a Wonder on 
account of two Springs, one warm and the other 
cold, riling near each other. But the Wonder is 
now loll, both being blended together. The Spring 
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