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H. G. EOEDHAM-WATEE-LEVEL AT ODSEY. 
year by year; any abnormal development in the annual curve being 
generally associated with some exceptional condition relative to 
the autumn and winter rainfall, and but rarely to that of the spring 
or summer. 
Beyond this it does not appear that any definite deductions can 
be made. 
From a long series of such observations as I have made, and from 
the comparison of numerous records drawn from different localities, 
much may in time be learnt of our underground water supplies, and 
of their connection with our rainfall. Bor the present I must 
perforce content myself with this small contribution to the literature 
of the subject, and to the records of our county. 
