THK Ml-:i>ICI\\L SPRI\(;S ol" SOI ril AI'KICA. 549 



have been de\'iatecl to cool down the lcm])craiurc tor l)atliinj^' 

 purposes. The waters of the spring are associated with a strong 

 sulphur smell, and said to be an excellent curative agent for 

 rheumatic complaints. No structural features indicating faults 

 or disturbances were found in this neighbourhood to afford a 

 clue as to the mode of origin of the spring." Amount of total 

 solids. 39.1 grams per 100.000 



Analysis of ignited total solids ( Dr. McCrae, October, 1914) : 



Nacl 2i>.2 per cent. 



NaoSO^ 32.4 per cent. 



NaoCO, + sodium silicate (Na.SiO.^?) .. .. 32.1 percent. 



CaCO^ /.T, per cent. 



y,lg salts trace. 



G. Table Water.s. 



48. Vail Ricbcck. 



The water issues from Malincibury beds, on the slopes of 

 the Tygerberg. The bottling department of the Van Riebeek 

 Natural Mineral Water Co., Ltd., is at Bellville Station, and 

 the water is conducted thither from its source between Bellville 

 and Durbanville b}' 32,000 feet of tin piping. 



49 and 50. Grcndel and Vasco. 



These flow like the \'an Riebeek spring from Malmesbury 

 beds on the Tygerberg. 



Grendel Table of Ion Equivalents. 



Cations. Anions. 



Na 2.193 CI 2.902 



K o.oo<; SO4 0.301 



Ca 0.439 HCO, 0.128 



^Ir 0.833 NO3 0.017 



Total 3.474 Total 3.348 



51. Driebadcn. 



The farm Driebaden is near Jagersfontein, O.F.S., and the 

 water has recently been put on the market as a table water. 



In the original report it is described as a mildly alkaline 

 water similar to Apollinaris. The bathing arrangements are at 

 present very i>rimitive. but it is ])roi)Osed to make adecjuate 

 provision at a later date. 



52. Seltsbach. 



The Seltzbach water comes from a spring at \'an der 

 Merwe. a wayside station on the Delagoa Bay line, 21 miles 

 from Pretoria. The spring was known as Gezondheits-Bronne 

 to the old voortrekkers, and it seems to have attained a repu- 

 tation among them as a specific for malaria and as an appetite 



