The Natural History of Selborne

The water in my well is risen three or four rounds of the winch, viz. five or six feet: the spring that runs in may be seen, & heard.  The water is now clear.  Thus will three or four inches of rain replenish my well, deep as it is, after it has been very low, & foul, & almost dry for several months.  I have made the same remark in former years.  Our stream has been so low for many weeks that the miller at Kingsley could not grind; but was obliged to send his corn to Headleigh, where the Blackdown stream never fails.  At Headleigh park-corner the Blackdown streams joins the Selborne rivulet: & at Tilford bridge they are met by the Farnham river, where together they form so considerable a body of water as within a few miles to become navigable, viz: at the town of Godalming; & there take the name of Wey.