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Tuscarora." The waters of this spring form several pools of from three 

 to four feet in diameter, where owing to a constant discharge of inflam- 

 mable gas the water is in a state of agitation. In appearance it is slightly 

 turbid and brownish and has a peculiar styptic, acid and sulphurous 

 taste. Analysis showed the water to contain, in October 1847 : 



Sulphate soda "0502 Phosphoric acid . . traces 



" potash -0608 Hydrated sulphuric acid (S03, Ho) 4'2S95 



" lime 7752 



" magnesia '1539 In 1,000 parts of water 6"i6i5 



" protoxide of iron '3638 Specific gravity 1005 '58 



" alumina '4681 



IVest/neaih, Renfrew Co. (a) — In the Geology of Canada 1863, on 



page 547, is given the description of two sjjrmgs in this township as 



follows : — "On the thirteenth lot of the sixth range of Westmeath is a 



sprmg which deposits a considerable amount of calcareous tufa and is 



known as the Petrifying Spring". The water contains, besides carbonate 



of lime, small quantities of chlorids, and is feebly sulphurous. On the 



twenty-third lot of the same range, a copious spring, occurs on Tucker's 



Creek. It contains a large amount of carbonate of lime, and a little 



iron ; besides which, it holds only traces of sulphates and chlorids." 



fV/ii/d}\ Ontario Co. (a) — A copious spring of saline water is met with 



at Bowerman's Mills on lot 32, concession 3, township of Whitby where 



the water rises from rocks of the Trenton series, The following 



analysis was made of a specimen collected in October 1853 : — 



Chloride spcjium i8'9i58 Carbonate lime "041 1 



" potassium traces " magnesia •0227 



" calcium I7-53IS " strontia traces 



" magnesium 9'5437 " iron traces 



Bromide sodium , . . '24S2 



Iodide " "oooS In 1,000 parts of water 46"3038 



MINERAL WATERS IN QUEBEC. 

 Ascot, Sherbrooke Co. — The water of a spring near the Belvedere 

 Iron mine and on lot 8, range 9, township of Ascot was examined 

 during 1887 in the laboratory of the Survey (rep. Geol. Surv. Vol. Ill, 

 1887-88, p. 22 T) with the following result : — 



Potassa trace Sulphuric acid large proportion 



Soda small proportion Carbonic acid small proportion 



Lime rather large proportion Silica trace 



Magnesia " " " Chlorine small proportion 



Ferrous oxide trace 



" Total discovered saline matter, dried at 180° c, equalled 0-0746 parts in 1,000. 



