Artesian aquifer its recharge zone is at a higher elevation than the head of the well. Artesian wells were named after the former province of Artois in France, where many artesian wells were drilled by Carthusian monks from 1126. Artesian aquifer An aquifer is a geologic layer of porous and permeable material such as sand and gravel, limestone, or sandstone, through which water flows and is stored. An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer containing groundwater under positive pressure. An artesian aquifer is trapped water, surrounded by layers of impermeable rocks or clay, which applies positive pressure to the water contained within
The Foreign Monks Transformation" and "The Monk's Medicine". Pu likely encountered many monks in real-life and this provided inspiration for such works. Unlike most other stories in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio", Pu Songling alleges to be recounting a first-hand narration from a monk Ti Kong verbatim in "The Foreign Monks". Sidney Sondergard writes that it is "intriguing to consider the implications of Pu functioning as a kind of ethnographer of this specific culture-sharing group". The Foreign Monks "The Foreign Monks" () is a short story by Pu Songling first published in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" in 1740. It concerns