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W. WHITAKER-HERTS WELL-SECTIONS. 
An account from Mr. Ingold, well-sinker, of Bishop’s Stortford, 
received later, differs in particulars, and may therefore be 
given. It is as follows : Iron cylinders 150 feet, the rest 
bored. 
Ft. Ins. 
Mould . .. l 0 
f Dark brown clay. 6 0 
Brown clay . 7 4 
Sharp sand . 2 0 
Brown clay . 0 8 
Blue clay. 3 0 
[Drift, 33 \ feet] Gravel, the second half-foot a con¬ 
glomerate . 7 0 
Loam . 1 0 
Gravel . 0 6 
Fine sharp sand. 2 0 
k Gravel . 3 0 
{ Dark blue clay . 22 6 
Dark sandy clay. 5 0 
Hard sand rock . 2 6 
Dark sandy clay. ..... 11 6 
f Light-green clay’. 1 6 
Light-brown clay . .... 2 0 
Light-bluish clay . 8 6 
Strong brown clay .. 3 0 
Black sand . 6 0 
[Beading Beds, 64 , Greenish sandy loam . 1 0 
feet] ^ Very hard red clay . 0 6 
Green sand . 1 0 
Yellow sandy loam with black pebbles .... 5 6 
Greenish-grey sand and sandy loam . 29 0 
Dark slate-coloured clay . 5 0 
w Green-coated flints . 1 0 
To Chalk 139 0 
Chalk with flints at a depth of 250 feet; with black veins, 
shells, and nodules of iron-pyrites ..Ill 0 
250 0 
Sawbridgeworth. —Chandler’s Green. Sunk and communicated 
by Mr. G. Ingold. Shaft 55^ feet, the rest bored. 
Ft. Ins. 
White and blue Boulder Clay . 33 6 
Sandy loam .... 1 6 
Gravel, top 10 feet red, the rest yellow and sandy 18 0 
Black sandy clay . 2 6 
Mottled loam . . 5 0 
60 6 
Sawbridgeworth. —North End. Mr. Poole’s new house. Shaft. 
Sunk and communicated by Mr. Ingold. 
Ft. 
! Brown sand and loam . 20 
-r f White clay and stones . 17 
Boulder Clay | Blueday ^ ._ .... 13 
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