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table, nor did the extremely large rainfall of July of the same 
year cause the water-table to stop falling. 
_ 2. The rapid rise in the water-table from January 7 to April 1, 
1888, or from December 1, 1888, to January 1, 1889, was not due 
to large precipitation during this time, nor was the fall from May 
7 to November 1, 1888, due to small precipitation. 
3. The rapid rise of water from November 18 to December 1, 
1889, was in part at least due to the heavy rainfall of the 
eighteenth to twenty-third, which found the soil nearly or quite 
saturated. The rainfall for that time was 2.60 inches, followed 
by .51 inches more during the later days of November. 
4, The curve of the water-table accompanying this indicates an 
intermittent character which is either natural or artificial. | 
