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CURIOUS PHENOMENON. 129

fresh water is found beneath the salt; that
the inhabitants use that water, and that ships
and boats which visit the island are very gene­
rally filled up with it. Their mode of obtaining
this is simple, and characteristic of the people.
A diver descends with an empty skin, places
its mouth over the spot whence the fresh water
gushes, ties the string, when it is filled, and
permits the skin to rise to the surface. At high
tide these springs are covered with twelve feet
water, and I have no doubt, if search were
made for them, that springs of a similar nature
would be found in other parts of the world.

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