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THE subject of double outfalls is of some interest, if only as showing the necessity of accurate observation, and the difficulty of ascertaining the truth in matters apparently of simple fact. In NATURE, vol. ix. p. 485, Mr. W. B. Thelwall brings forward two instances of lakes with double outfalls, and states that he has passed two or three more. Now, as regards that upon the Fille Field, which he describes from personal observation, I beg entirely to call in question his accuracy. I passed the locality during each of the two last summers, and my attention was drawn to the position and nature of the watershed, especially during my visit of last summer, when I had carefully inquired into the asserted existence of a natural double outfall at the Lesjeskaagen Vand. (See NATURE, vol. viii. p. 304; also Colonel Greenwood's and Mr. R. B. Hayward's letters, NATURE, vol. viii. p. 382.)
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JEVONS, W. Lakes with two Outfalls. Nature 10, 26 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010026a0
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