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timbered down to 20 ft. ; it was 22 ft. deep, and water was slowly 
dripping into it. 
June 18tb. Received a letter from Mr. Hellier, the bailiff of 
the estate, stating that the real depth of the -f well was 
17 ft. 6 in., and the depth of the water in it 9 ft. The — well 
20 ft., with 4 ft. 6 in. of water (these numbers are for Friday, 
June 1 6th). 
June 24th. Commissioned my friend and pupil, Mr. F. P. 
Fvans, to visit Locking. He reported that the water stood in 
both wells at precisely the same height, viz., 5 ft. 4 in. below the 
level of the field. So that the + well coutained 12 ft. 2 in. of 
water ; the ~ well 14 ft. 8 in. of water. 
The reports from the 16th June to the 24th require some 
comment. On Thursday, the 14th, the men were sinking, 
consequently on that day the — well was dry; on the 15th, 
Friday, work having ceased for 24 hours, it contained 4 ft, 6 in. 
of w'ater; on Saturday, the 24th (and may be several days 
earlier), it contained 14 ft. 8 in. Thus the well which should 
not have furnished any water could not by any perversion of 
language be called “ dry.” 
June 28th. Mr. Hellier writes, saying that the men have 
sunk through the clay and found black sand, in which they have 
sunk 8 ft. On making a subsequent visit I found that this 
black sand was a fine arenaceous clay. 
July 9th. Visited Locking unexpectedly. I was expected to 
inspect the wells on the previous Saturday. Work had been 
suspended, but one of the sinkers, George Gale, was still there. 
He told me that they had been sinking on Saturday, the 7th, 
and had “ kept the water down for me to see everything ! ” On 
the 8th, Sunday, water, so he said, had accumulated to the extent 
of about 4 ft. ; on Monday afternoon, when I took measurements 
myself, there were 12 ft. of water in it. So that 12 ft. had 
accumulated in 48 hours. I made a thorough examination of 
