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by applying a fmall Bit of Money to her, we made 
a ffiift to quiet the Tumult. Our having ail the 
Tackle for defending to feek, gave Time for all the 
Town to gather round us, which was very trouble- 
fome : For, when any one offered to go down, he 
was prevented either by a Wife, or a Mother ; fo that 
we were forced to feek a motherlefs Batchelor to go 
firft. It being very difficult for the Firft to get in, 
the Weil being very broad at that Part, fo that they 
were obliged to fwing him in, and the People above 
making fuch a Noife, that the Man in the Well could 
not be heard, obliged our Company to draw their 
Swords, and threaten any who fpoke with Death. 
This caufed a Silence, after which our Guide was 
foon landed fafe, who pulled us in by the Legs, as 
we came down. The Entrance is 82 Feet from the 
Top of the Well : It is large, and branches out into 
many Ways, which they have cut. We were forced 
to mark with Chalk, when we came to any Turn- 
ing, to prevent lofing ourfelves. It gives one a per- 
fed Idea of a City deftroyed in that Manner: For 
one there fees great Quantities of Timber, in the 
Form of Beams and Rafters, fome lying one Way, 
Lome another 5 fome, as they broke in the Fall, others 
intire : Thefe are flicking in the Sides of the Ways, 
and are become a perfed Charcoal 5 but thofe in 
moift Places, and where the Water oufes, you may 
run your Hand into, and work like a Pafte, and they 
have more the Colour of rotten Wood. The Walls 
are fome tumbled flanting, others croffing them, and 
many are upright. One fees great Quantities of 
Marble, as Bits of Window-cafes and other Orna- 
ments, flicking out on all Parts. There feem to be, in 
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