West Springfield, Massasoit Spring. - On the Bear Hole Farm, in mountainous region between Westfield and West Springfield, one or two miles north from the Westfield River. Flows from westerly base of a sandy hill, thirty or forty feet high, into a stoned reservoir, six feet deep, having one hundred square feet of surface; covered by house. Drainage area largely grassed, not ploughed, top-dressed or planted at present. Probably no buildings on drainage area. Grounds west of spring largely used for picnics. Water sold in Springfield.

Stoughton, Crystal Spring. Several hundred feet easterly from West Stoughton station on the Old Colony Railroad, near Canton Street, on Chas. Porter's farm. Spring boils up at the bottom of a small reservoir, consisting of a brick tile pipe two and one-half feet in diameter and two and one-half feet deep. No covering; surface water not excluded; no pump; said to overflow all the year round. In grassed meadow; drainage from north-west and north-east. Soil about the spring black and peaty near the surface; low, gravelly hills about. Large gardens one hundred and forty feet north; large hen yards two hundred and fifty feet north-east and three hundred feet east. Earth-bottomed barn cellar, containing manure, four hundred and sixty feet east; no out-door manure heap. No houses on drainage area nearer than this barn, and but few beyond. Water sold in Stoughton.

Whitman, Goulding's Spring. -About six hundred to eight hundred feet south-west from corner of High and Temple streets. Cemented curb, two and one-half feet in diameter, four and onehalf feet deep; depth of water, three feet; covered by small house; surface water excluded; block tin pipe. Said to overflow all the year round. General direction of ground flow is easterly. Drainage area mainly covered by a wild growth; soil gravelly below, peaty above. Privy about one hundred and fifty feet north-east, and several others within a few hundred feet more in same direction. It is not certain that the drainage from these would reach the spring. Very little direct sale of the water, which is mainly sold bottled.

Brockton, Brockton Mineral Spring. About a quarter of a mile north north-east from the corner of Quincy and Ashland streets. Stoned reservoir, four feet square and six feet deep; three and onehalf feet of water; covered by house; surface water excluded almost entirely; no pump; said to overflow all the year round. Part of the reservoir wall is natural ledge. Ground water flows from the south

east; no buildings in that direction for a quarter of a mile at least. Drainage area covered by wild growth. A little pasture land about the spring. Water sold in Brockton.

South Easton, Simpson's Spring. About a quarter of a mile south-west from South Easton station on the Old Colony Railroad. Cemented reservoir, two feet in diameter and four feet deep. Water enters at the bottom, and nearly fills the reservoir; said to overflow all the year round; covered by house; surface water excluded. Spring is on the northerly edge of a meadow in the woods; ground rises to the north and east. Drainage area covered almost entirely by wild growth. No houses nor cultivated land nearer than a small house eight hundred feet north of spring. No other houses near. A few cows are pastured about the spring. Water sold in Brockton, Easton, Bridgewater, etc., also bottled to a large extent.

West Abington, Highland Spring. - About four hundred feet east from house of John Harris, and one thousand to fifteen hundred feet east from Quincy Street, near Brockton line. Stoned reservoir, four feet in diameter, water one and one-half feet deep, nearly at level of the ground; said to overflow all the year round. Planked over; surface water not completely excluded. Gravelly soil; ground water flows from west or south-west. One house, with privy, farm buildings and hen houses, three hundred and sixty feet west southwest from spring, but the ground drainage from these flows probably north-west from spring; the surface flow could not reach the spring. No other buildings on or near the drainage area. The fields on the drainage area are grassed; no pasture land. Water sold in Brockton and Campello.

Allston, Harvard Crystal Spring. - About two hundred feet north from Commonwealth Avenue and five hundred feet west from Harvard Avenue. Stoned and cemented well, five feet in diameter and twelve feet deep; depth of water six feet; said to overflow all the year round. Planked over, and covered by a small house; surface water excluded. Soil gravelly; ground water flows from south-west. Full privy vault, bricked and poorly cemented, one hundred and five feet west, but its drainage is probably away from the well. Another privy vault three hundred and thirty feet south-west from spring; several others beyond. The fields south and west from the spring are gravelly and partly grass-covered. Water sold in Boston, Brighton, Allston, etc.

Brighton, Undine Spring. - About three hundred and fifty feet north from Appleton Road and six hundred feet west from Lake Street. Stoned and cemented reservoir, with plank top about eight by five feet; water three feet deep, and rises nearly or quite to the level of the ground; surface water excluded; said to overflow all the year round. Hard gravelly soil. Ground water flows north. The spring is near the northerly base of a grass-covered hill, not used as a pasture. House, with stable, hen yards, pig-pen and wellmanured garden, two hundred and twenty-five feet south-west from spring on hill side. Exposed privy vault three hundred feet south. A few other houses across Appleton Road. Water

south-west.

sold in Boston. Methuen, Crystal Spring. In gravelly soil, bricked up to exclude surface water. House and barn three hundred feet distant, and ten to fifteen feet higher than the spring. Two other houses six hundred to nine hundred feet distant.

Brockton, Granite Rock Spring. On west slope of Carey Hill. Stoned and cemented reservoir, eight by nine feet and five feet deep. Water enters below, through granite ledge; said to overflow all the year round; covered by house; surface water excluded. Gravelly soil; drainage from east. Fields grassed or covered with wild growth. House with vault and hen house one hundred and seventy-five feet up the slope, south-east. Other houses, with barn and manure heap, five hundred to six hundred feet distant, towards the east. Water sold in Brockton and Campello.

Lowell, Hygeia Spring. In gravelly soil, near foot of wooded ridge. There is some cultivated ground within four hundred to five hundred feet, but the slope is not toward the spring. No houses in the vicinity.

Springfield, Ingersoll Grove Spring. - Flows from east end of a shallow run one hundred feet south from Dartmouth Terrace, several hundred feet west from St. James Avenue. Water is said to collect in a small reservoir concealed in the side of the hill. Overflows through iron pipe. Drainage area is grassed to the streets, eighty to one hundred and twenty feet on north, east and south sides. Sewer in Dartmouth Terrace, about one hundred feet north. Barn one hundred and eighty feet south-east. General direction of drainage is west. It is said there are no cesspools near. Sold largely in Springfield.

Methuen, Burnham Spring. Just over the Lawrence line. House and stable two hundred to three hundred feet away, and higher. Other houses one thousand feet away, and higher, on the other side of a sand ridge. Land partly under cultivation and partly in grass. Water sold in Lawrence.

but the land outside of One house, one hundred street, and one house, one The street is four or five

Lawrence, Stevens Spring. — On northerly side of Wendell Street; is dug out through the black soil of the meadow to sand, and sheet piling put in around it. The spring is in a low vacant lot, with no houses within eighty or one hundred feet; the lot is thickly built up in all directions. feet distant, on the opposite side of the hundred feet distant, on the same side. feet higher than the spring. Houses on Archer Street, two hundred feet northerly, are a little lower than the spring. Cemeteries on the hill to the west, over six hundred feet away.

Dracut, Thisselsia Mineral Spring. About a quarter of a mile north from the corner of Hildreth and Pleasant streets. Stoned reservoir, four feet in diameter and ten feet deep; depth of water five feet, which comes up through sandy bottom; said to overflow all the year round; covered by small house; surface water excluded. Ground water flows south-west. The spring is in a grassed field; no top-dressing used for several years. One cow is pastured in the field. A cluster of six or eight houses, four hundred to five hundred feet away, and twenty to twenty-five feet higher. Water sold in Lowell.

Lawrence, Knowles Crystal (Diamond) Spring. — In a sandy gravel bank, stoned up. House and stable about one hundred and fifty feet distant, and thirty feet higher. Water sold in Lawrence. West Lynn, Lovers' Leap Spring. Under sidewalk of Lovers' Leap Avenue, about one hundred and twenty feet above Forest Street. A bricked and cemented basin, six feet under highway, and a few feet in depth. Water enters at bottom and is carried one hundred and ten feet in an iron pipe to bottling house, corner of Lovers' Leap Avenue and Forest Street. General direction of drainage is east, toward Forest Street. Ledges or low hills on all sides except east. Nearest privy is one hundred and sixty-five feet north-east, stoned sides, earth bottom. Exposed manure heap one hundred feet north. The hillside on the north is occupied by farm buildings. Several more privies on hillside above, within one thou

sand feet of spring, north-west to south-west. Sold in Lynn; also bottled.

Stoneham, Chapman's Crystal Mineral Spring. - About five hundred feet north from R. B. Chapman's house on Spring Street. A cemented well, two feet eight inches wide and seven and one-half feet deep; water is three feet below surface of the ground, and is said to overflow all the year round. Covered by a small house; surface water excluded. Drainage is from the south-east, south and south-west. The well is at the north base of a gravelly hill; pasturing near the spring. Fields on summit of the hill are grassed and used for pasture to a slight extent. Nearest considerable sources of contamination are very large hen yards and stable two hundred and seventy-five feet south from spring on the hill; manure heap three hundred and fifty feet south. A few other hen yards and manure heaps near these: Water sold in Malden, Melrose, Medford, Boston, etc.

Lexington, Commonwealth Mineral Spring. On the estate of A. Jameson, about two thousand feet north-east from corner of Woburn and North streets. Reservoir with stone sides, five feet in diameter and seven feet deep. Water rises through gravel bottom and stands three feet deep in reservoir, nearly to the level of the surrounding ground; said to overflow all the year round. Covered by house; surface water excluded. Glass and blocktin pipe to iron pump. The spring is in a grassed meadow basin, among low hills. The soil is black and peaty on top, gravelly below. Drainage is south-east, into Clematis Brook, whose head waters are said to rise in this basin. No top-dressing on drainage area within six hundred feet for several years. Lime sludge from bottling establishment is dumped thirty-five feet east and slightly higher than the spring. Swamp one hundred and seventy-five feet north, just beyond a ditch whose surface is about on a level with the spring overflow. Nearest house is that of the proprietor, nine hundred to one thousand feet south-west. All manure of every kind goes into a barn cellar ten feet deep, with earth bottom. This is on the drainage area. A few other farms on the drainage area between one thousand and two thousand feet from the spring. Water sold in Boston, Cambridge, Waltham, etc.; also used in bottling.

Lowell, Leland Mineral Spring. - A few hundred feet north-east from the corner of Beech and Sixth streets, a few feet below Fremont Street, Centralville, Lowell. Dug well, thirty-five feet deep,