 | 1833 - 814 pages
...near the woods. One day having made a new tub, and being desirous to prove its soundness, one of them placed it where the water dripping from the rock might...found something fluid, but shining and very heavy, at the bottom of the water in his tub. Not knowing what it was, he took some of it to a neighbouring... | |
 | 1846 - 486 pages
...coopers of that place, having made a new tub, and being desirous to prove its soundness, one of them placed it where the water dripping from the rock might...it seemed to stick to the ground, and at first he superstitiously thought it was bewitched, but upon more closely examining it, he found something fluid,... | |
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One day having made a new tub, and being desirous to prove its soundness, one of them placed it where the water dripping from the rock might fall into it. In the morning it seemed to stick to the ground, and at first, he in his superstition thought it... 