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Ste. Genevihe, Batiscan Co. (a) — Several medicinal springs are 

 known to occur in the vicinity of St. Genevieve and near to the 

 Batiscan river. The waters which are strongly saline, flow from rocks 

 of Trenton age, and in the case of that, of which No I is the analysis, 

 give off no inconsiderable quantities of carburetted hydrogen. The 

 analyses refer to I, trom a spring about three miles above the church, 

 and II, from a spring at the ferry landing directly opposite the church. 

 The specimens examined were collected in August 1853. 



Trudel's spring Ferry spring 



I II 



Chloride sodium 17-2671 "■5094 



" potassium '2409 undet 



" calcium "6038 -2264 



'• magnesium 2 "0523 '8942 



Bromide magnesia '0587 "0273 



Iodide " -0133 -0183 



Carbonate lime 0120 'oiSo 



" magnesia 7506 '4464 



" iron traces traces 



Alumina undet undet 



Silica undet undet 



In 1,000 parts of water 20-9987 13-1400 



6"/. Hyacmthe, St. Hyacinthc Co. — A mineral water, which is now 

 finding a ready sale throughout the province of Quebec, is obtained at 

 St. Hyacinthe and sold under the name of " Philudor." No data are 

 available beyond the following analysis made by Prof. C P. Choquette, 

 of St. Hyacinthe College : 



Chloride sodium 3 -6923 Carbonate manganese -01 14 



" potassium -1230 Sulphur -0009 



" magnesium '0415 Alumina -0041 



" lithium -0074 Silica -0246 



Sulphate calcium '0319 Titanic acid traces 



" barium '0032 Free carbonic acid -0461 



" strontium -0024 Carbonic acid (forming bicarbonates) -0983 



Carbonate sodium -0422 



" magnesium -0648 



" iron -0371 



Residue at 180° C in 1,000 parts of water 4 '4423 



St. Lion, Maskinongh Co.— The best known and most widely used 

 medicmal water found in Canada is undoubtedly that obtained at St. 

 Leon Springs. Large quantities of this water are annually sold in all 

 the important cities and towns of the Dominion and considerable 

 quantities are of course used in the baths etc, at the sanitarium erected 



