MINERAL WATERS. 17 



for their bows, and formerly used their shoulder blades as 

 hoes and spades for digging up the ground and cultivatino- 

 their corn, and probably used them in the place of axes to 

 get their wood. In killing their game they prefer the bow 

 and arrow to any thing else, usually shooting from on 

 horsel)ack. They are much more expert with the bow 

 than with the gun". 



QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS 



OF THE 



MINERAL SPRINGS OF ESSEX COUNTY, VT. 



By HIRAM A. CUTTING, A. M., M. D., 



LUNENBURG, VERMONT. 



All spring waters are everywhere more or less impreg- 

 nated with mineral matter, but it is only those that are 

 highly charged with minerals or gases that come under 

 the head of mineral springs. This mineral element is 

 derived from the rocks, and soil through which the water 

 passes, and as far back as history gives us reliable data, 

 has been used by mankind to restore health or renew the 

 youth of the old. In the early ages it was supposed that 

 there was a fountain capable of restoring the charms and 

 vigor of youth j and thus allow the partaker to live on for 

 thousands of years, if not forever. 



