[TO THS EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,— Whilst staying at
a house in Gloucestershire in the early part of this year, I was present at some water-divining experiments. Most of the spectators, after watching the pro- fessional diviner, tried their skill. I was very much surprised, on trying, to find that I had a certain amount of power, and by way of testing it, it was agreed that I should try to trace the water-main which supplied the house from a river below. The main passed up the side of a hill, and at a few yards' distance from it, underground, there was an electric cable for the purpose of lighting the house. Walking slowly across the brow of the hill, the divining-rod suddenly flew up ; but I was told that the spot indicated was not where the main, but the cable, lay and along which the electric current was then passing. Reading, in the Spectator of September 28th, a letter connecting divining with electricity, I think this may be of interest. With regard to the main, I afterwards found it, and traced it correctly, as was afterwards shown by plans, to the
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