I can't help suspecting, that there is, or may be some regurgitation from the bath into the cistern of the pump. In that case, what a delicate Beveridge is quaffed by the drinkers; medicated with the sweat and the dirt, and dandruff; and the abominable of various kinds, from twenty different diseased bodies, parboiling in the kettle below.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker