School: Druim Míleadh (roll number 14898)
- Location:
- Droim Míle, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Ailbeard Mac an Ríogh
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- (continued from previous page)and the first and this distance he computed to be the depth of the spring.
I have seen above mentioned case and he has in countless instances been proven correct.
His fee for a visit is £3.3.0.
He generally gets scores of springs in hilly, limestone ground.
He emphasized the point that owing to the formation and slope of subterranean strata it was quite possible, but of course unlikely, that an underground stream might travel in quite the opposite direction to the slope of the hill.
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Underground streams are most plentiful in limestone ground. In level land the streams are slow, if any, and hard to discover.
The method I have mentioned is a rough and ready estimate of the positiono f a stream. It will readily(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Albert King
- Gender
- Male
