A curious f.iot Las been observed by tbe Pleasant Creek Ahtc.s; —“'l he salt water that is pumped from our deep mines seems to encourage a diminutive vegetation quite peculiar to itself Crass and ordinary herba. e are desCoyed by coming in contact with this water, but in the various itcle rills that carry off the brackish disiharge from our pumping engines may he seen specimens o a green fibrous plant similar to that which is mot with on all sea beaches. No trace of this plant was ever visible before the saline water was pumped fi:o-n boloy/ ”
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Evening Star, Issue 3050, 27 November 1872, Page 4
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98Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 3050, 27 November 1872, Page 4
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