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phuretted hydrogen, whilst that of others might be de¬ 
scribed as mineral or saline waters. In fact, the waters 
reminded me very forcibly of those in the vale of Glouces¬ 
ter. At Cheltenham and Gloucester, the different waters 
of the various “ spas” would appear not only to be like those 
of Somerset in chemical composition, but to be also derived 
from the same formation and under like geological conditions. 
The facts so far described were noted on the 20th of June, 
on which day, at the request of the Secretary of your 
Society, I proceeded in company with Professor Simonds 
to the neighbourhood of Ilchester. The following day was 
devoted to an examination chiefly of the herbage of the dis¬ 
trict ; the results of which I now lay before the society. 
On visiting Bierly Farm, I first examined the water of two 
wells: 
Well 1 . —Twenty-seven feet deep, had twelve feet of highly 
foetid sulphur water. 
Well 2.—Pronounced to be good water by the farmer, Mr. 
Taylor. It is about fifty yards from No. 1, and said to 
be eighteen feet deep. The water, judging from the taste, 
is impregnated with iron. 
The ditch-water of this farm is considered good. 
A large upland meadow on this farm was pointed out as 
being “very tart;” in this, the following were the pre¬ 
vailing plants : 
Ranunculus hulbosus .—(Bulbous buttercup), Cynosuras cris- 
tatus , (crested dogstai!,) Arena f arescens (yellow oat-like grass), 
Dactylis glomerata. — (Cocksfoot). 
Here the great mass of the bulbous crowfoot and the dogs- 
tail is highly significant of a poor hungry pasture. 
From this farm we proceeded to Sock, where I would first 
note that the open farm-yards are bounded by buildings 
with large roofs and with no spouts to carry off the water. 
Under such circumstances, the cattle must triturate their 
manure with the rain that falls, and with the juices oozing 
therefrom their drinking-water becomes contaminated. 
On this farm, field No. 18, described as “ tart land,” is 
much out of condition from want of drainage. I would here 
note that most of these tart lands suffer for want of under 
drainage; they are poor, hungry clays, on which manure is 
found not to exert the influence that might be expected, and, 
indeed, that it undoubtedly would do if preceded by drain¬ 
ing. The following is a list of some of the observed plants 
to which 1 have attached numerals expressive of their quan- 
