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of aerated table waters and ginger ale. Several analyses are available, 



all of which have been made by Prof. Hy. How of Windsor. Of these 



the following is typical and is thought sufficient : 



Chlori;'.e potassium i '60 Carbonate iron "14 



Sulphate soda ^'3S Phosphoric acid traces 



" lime . 121 "98 Silica -55 



" maj^nesia 5 '35 Organic matter • traces 



Carbonate lime 2*70 



" magnesia '37 Grains in imp. gallons 141 04 



Windsor, Haiits Co. — The following analysis was made by Prof. 



Hy. How, (Mineralogy of Nova Scotia, 1868, page 195) of a water from 



a spring which rises from Lower Carboniferous rocks near Windsor. 



The water was collected in 1858 and was found to be perfectly colorless 



and lo have hut little tasfe; its temperature was 49" F, that of the air 



being 31" F, and the specific gravity at 49° F, iooi'858. 



Chloride sodium 0:90 Silica o-6o 



Sulphate soda o"68 Phosphoric acid and organic 



" potassa 0-38 matter trace 



" lime io6-2i ' 



" magnesia 1 1 "02 (trains in imp. gall i38'oo 



Carbonate lime 17 "5° Free carbonic acid {1.35 cubic 



" magnesia o"3i ft. at 33° F. ) o'(i\ 



" iron 0'40 ' 



Miscellaneous localities — Throughout the reports of the Geological 

 Survey, in How's Mineralogy of Nova Scotia 1868, and many other 

 publications, maybe found mention of many springs, specific information 

 regarding which is not given. Among these may be mentioned the so- 

 called Thermal Spring of Chester, Lunenburg Co., which is said to 

 afford a slightly better water, probably alkaline in character. At 

 Cheticamp, Inverness Co., a water is found which is said to have 

 medicinal properties as is also the case at Gairloch, Pictou Co., and 

 Earltown, Hants Co. x\nother spring, mentioned by Mr. Hugh 

 Fletcher, (report Geol. Survey. 187678, page 456) as occuring near Dead- 

 man's Point, Washaback, Pictou Co., affords a brine smelling strongly of 

 sulphuretted hydrogen. In Pictou Co., near the mouth of Sutherland's 

 River, a brine used locally for medicinal purposes issues into the bed 

 of the river, and at St. Andrews in the same county is located the so- 

 called "Rotten Spring," the waters of which have acquiied a local 

 reputation as a cure for rheumatic and other diseases. Other localities 

 mentioned by Mr. Fletcher (report Geol. Surv. 1879-80, page 133 F) 



