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it. Within the Pot is a brown Water, thick as Pud- 
dle, continually forced up with a violent Motion, 
beyond that of boiling Water, and a rumbling hol- 
low Noife, riling and falling by Fits 5 or 6 Inches; 
but there was no Appearance of any Vapour rifing; 
which perhaps might have been vifible, had not the 
Sun fhone fo bright. 
Upon putting down a Candle at the End of a 
Stick, at about a Quarter of a Yard Diftance, it took 
Fire, darting and flafhing in a violent Manner, for 
about half a Yard high, much in the manner of Spi- 
rits in a Lamp, but with a greater Agitation. The 
Man Laid, that a Tea kettle had been made to boil 
in 9 Minutes Time ; and that he had left it burning 
48 Hours together, without any fenfible Diminution. 
It was extinguifhed by putting a wet Mop upon 
it, which mud be kept there a fmall time j other- 
wife it would not go out. Upon the Removal of 
the Mop, there fucceeded a fulphureous Smoke, lad- 
ing about a Minute; and yet the Water was very 
cold to the Touch. 
The Well lies about 30 Yards from the Severn ; 
which, in that Place, and for Tome Miles above and 
below, runs in a Vale full 100 Yards perpendicular 
below the Level of the Country on either Side, which 
inclines down to the Country at an Angle of 20 or 
30 Degrees from the Horizon; but fome what more 
or 1 els in different Places, according as the Place is 
more or Ids rocky. 
The Country confifts of Rock, Stone, Earth, and 
Clay, unequally mix’d ; and as the River, which is 
Very rapid, wafhes away the foft and ioofe Parts, the 
next fucceffively flip into the Chanel 5 fo as, by 
degrees, 
