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near the spring. The water is strongly saline and slightly chalybeate 

 and at the spring evolves considerable quantities of carburetted hydro- 

 gen. The following analysis was made by Dr. T Starry Hunt and was 

 confirmed by Prof. O. F. Chandler of Columbia College, New York, 

 and Jno. Baker idwards Ph.D. etc. 



Chloride sodium 677.47S2 Phosphate soda "1690 



potassium . i3"6i7o Bi-carbonate lime 29'4405 



Ijaiium '6099 ' ' magnesia 82 • 1 280 



strontium ■5^)70 " iron "6856 



calcium 3 '3338 Alumina '5830 



magnesium 59 '0039 Silica ... i '3694 



lithium I "6147 



Bromide sodium '8108 Grains in imp. gallon 871 "6681 



Iodide " "2479 Specific gravity lOi i '8 



Sulphate lime "0694 



Another spring (<?) in this neighborhood occurring about a mile 

 from the church at St. Leon and in the valley of the Riviere h. la Glais, 

 affords a very similar water to the foregoing. The water is saline, has. 

 a marked chalybeate taste and contains traces of baryta and lithia, and 

 is accompanied by large quantities of carburetted hydrogen. The 

 analysis of a specimen collected in October 1848 gave the following 



result : 



Chloride sodium i r4968 Carbonate lime "3493 



" potas.'^ium '1832 " magnesia '9388 



" barium "0019 " iron "0145 



" strontium "0019 Alumina '0865 



" calcium "0718 Silica '0145 



magnesium '6636 



Bromide magnesium "0091 In i,OGO parts of water I3'8365 



Iodide " "0046 Specific gravity ion "23 



S^e. Martine, Beauharnois Go. (a) — "A feebly saline water from 

 the parish of Ste.'Martine, in Beauharnois, * * * probably rises from 

 the Calciferous formation. It gives I'gS parts of solid matter to 1,000 

 and contains a small portion of sulphates. The spring is said to be 

 sulphurous" — vide Geology of Canada, 1863. 



Sf. Ours, Richelieu Co. (a) — Some years prior to 1852, in which 

 year the specimen affording the following analysis was collected, a 

 spring was tapped while' constructing a lock on the Richelieu River at 

 St. Ours. .A.S the water could only be obtained by means of a pump it 

 was difficult to state positively as to the purity of the specimen obtained /"'^^"^ 

 The analysis illustrates the character of the water afforded : 1^ /j^ 



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