Note 398 — Chapter IV · (continued 2)

"The area of soil dried by draining is constantly increasing, and the water received by the surface from atmospheric precipitation is thereby partly conducted into new channels, and, in general, carried off more rapidly than before. Will not this fact exert an influence on the condition of many springs, whose basin of supply thus undergoes a partial or complete transformation? I am convinced that it will, and it is important to collect data for solving the question." Bernhard Cotta, Preface to Paramelle, Quellenkunde (German translation), pp. vii, viii. See Appendix, No. 54.