THE VANGE MINERAL WELLS. 223 
This analysis, made by E. J. Parry, on October 12, 1922, is 
as follows :— (presumably in parts per 100,000). 
Calcium carbonate .. ae Teel SO 
Calcium sulphate... a. TLAS 
Magnesium sulphate .. fe eed: 
Sodium sulphate “ Me ee Pie 
Sodium chloride be a dp opzle 
oe he ie. “ Trace 
Silica, alumina, etc. .. ie S230 
758 (given as 780) 
The chief difference between this water and that from Mr. 
Cash’s wells seems to be in the absence of sulphate of potash 
in the former ; the total sulphates are also less. 
The new well sunk on Mr. Cash’s land and inspected by the 
members of the Club, gives a more highly sulphated water than 
the original well, as shown in the following analysis by Dr. 
Thresh :— 
Calcium carbonate. . ats .. 23.5 parts per 100,000 
Calcium sulphate .. a ele TO 
Magnesium sulphate se Sa 500 5 
Potassium sulphate ae lies ee’ 
Sodium sulphate .. ie aL OA 7 
Sodium chloride .. ty, arog. O 
Water of hydration mE age O02 
silica, etc. -. sa ae SL el 8. 
Total solids we ap aLELA 30 
RedszThroated Diver at Bocking—On February 16th, 1923, I had 
brought to me a living adult male Red-Throated Diver, which had just 
been captured in a field at Bocking. It was uninjured, but with its breast 
and wing feathers smothered with crude oil, and was apparently unable to 
fly further owing to this. We are quite seventeen miles from the coast. 
ALFRED HILLs, 
A living specimen of the Common Dab (Pleuronectes limanda), seven inches 
in length, captured at Leigh, Essex, was observed to excrete a mass of some 
forty or fifty dark-coloured plant-seeds, which were identified as Linseed 
(Linum usitatissimum), surely an unusual food for a marine fish. 
F, J. LAMBERT. 
