Note 7b — Chapter II · SITUATION, SOIL, GEOLOGY, AND CLIMATE OF BRIGHTON.
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“Some wells at Tetney (a village on the coast of Lincolnshire) that are sunk in the chalk, are also affected by the tide; the wells overflowing with a greater flux at the time of high water, and particularly at spring tides; showing that the water in the chalk communicates with the sea.”—Geolog. Trans. vol. iii. p. 394.