1)1 THE PEAK OF DERBYSHIRE. ^ 
precipice, without tracing any other shivering in the W® , 
tain, beside that which was occasioned by the treadiW 
his feet in die loose crumbled eardi. 
THE EBBIiSG AND PEOWING WELL, 
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In the vicinity of Chapel-en-le-Frith is a steep hill, 
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to the height of more than a hundred feet, immedit>: 
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beneath which this natural phenomenon lies. 
irregular form, but nearly approaching to a square, 
..... trr aIcivvFK or»/1 oKrvnf- YtTr<aT-»fYr -foof in 
two or three feet in depth, and about twenty feet in 
Itsebbings and flowings are irregular, and depef 
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on the quantity of rain which falls in the ditFereiit 
sons of the year ; when it begins to rise, die current ^ 
only be perceived by the slow movement of the bhideS^| 
grass, or other light bodies floating on the surface ; not"''^| 
standing which, before the expiration of a minute, ^ 
water issues, with a guggling noise, in consideiable 
tities, from several small apertures on the south 
sides The interval of time between the ebbing and 
ing is not always alike ; consequently the proportio''^ 
water it discharges at different periods, also varies. ; 
space of flve minutes fle wing, the water occasionally ri^^ 
the height of six inches j and, after remaining a few scc'*^ 
stationary, die well assumes its former quiescent state- 
The cause of the intermittent flowing of this well 
be satisfactorily explained, on the principle of the actio''^ 
the syphon, and on the supposition of a natural one 
municatiiig with a cavity in the hill, where die water ^ 
be supposed to accumulate : — but for the phenonicnyJ|^ 
its ebbing, no satisfactorily reason has been assigned. 
opinion of a second syphon, as ingeniou.sly advanced 
morlern Tourist, which begins to act when the water r' , 
IS inconsistent with the appearance of the well, and t*' 
fore cannot be just. 
ST. ANNE S WELL. 
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This Well, the usual resort of die company who frel'^< 
Buxton to drink the waters, has been classed aiuoi'^^ 
wonders of the Peak, on account of this singularity-<j|ji) 
within five feet of the hot spring by which it is supF 
