Roman \"Canteen\"

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It is true that water will soak through a ceramic canteen, but this does not necessarily happen quickly. I only noticed that my canteen leaked after I had left it sitting on a pile of papers for several weeks without thinking to empty it first. This was next to my desk so I saw the paper it was sitting on every day. It was after about three weeks that one day I noticed that the paper was looking damp. I wondered what was going on and found that the side of the canteen was also wet. I wiped it dry and then, realising that there might be more than one reason for the canteen being wet, I laid it on a fresh piece of newspaper and observed it for the next couple of days. Each day I found that water was leaking from the canteen. After this I emptied the canteen and then held it under water to check for air coming out of possible cracks. I found no evidence of cracks and so concluded that water had penetrated right through the side of the canteen but had taken about three weeks to do so. Once it had soaked all the way through it continued to pass out through the surface but could not do so before it had soaked right through to that outside surface.

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