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straw, r
"the floor round the hole formed in near to where the piece of ... were all deposited
"wall had fallen, "in regular circles, showing clearly by "these marks the white ... like tendency, of the water in passing "downward through the large openings "between the boulders (upon which the house is built) into the drain on the "lower side of the house (on lot 503).
"water, in removing some of the loose earth from between the boulders, I doubt caused the foundations at or near that point to settle a little more than they had previously done.
"I proceeded to make a more detailed examination of the drain in question. It has two holes in the upper portion of the drain (in the presence of Overseer ...). Air was ... at the bottom of the elbow immediately below the portion of the drain said to have burst during the storm of the 22nd ult.
Upon taking up the covering stone, some ... was thrown into the drain, and a large mass of night soil was discovered lying in the bottom of the drain immediately below the hole said to have been made in the drain during the storm. The night soil appeared to have been recently deposited in the drain, as it ...