ANALYSIS OF FLUIDS, &c. cxiii 



Specific gravity of the water from this river is L004 at sixty -four degrees of Fahrenheit. 

 This was found to contain a minute portion of the chloride of sodium, and traces of tlie 

 sulphate of lime. 



From this it must appear that the nature or component parts of the water could not be 

 the reason that it did not freeze, and it must therefore be attributed to springs in the 

 bottom of the Great Lake, out of which it flows, and which we estimated to be about three 

 hundred feet above the level of the sea. This chain of lakes was about fifteen miles long, 

 and in some places, three miles wide. 



4._WINE FROM FURY BEACH. 



This wine had been lying four years in cask on the beach before we arrived, when we 

 took it on board, and bottled it, after which it was four years in my possession. 



Sherry — specific gravity 0.991 at temperature 64 degrees of Fahrenheit. 

 Port wine — ditto ditto 0.981 ditto ditto. 



5.— RUM FROM FURY BEACH. 



This is under the same circumstances as the last. 



Specific gravity . • 0.910. 



These articles had undergone no change, except, probably, a cUminution of strength 

 sufficiently indicated by the specific gravity. The same may be also said of a bottle of 

 brandy cherries which were brought home, without being opened, the fruit not having been 

 in the least decomposed. In addition to this, I may mention a bottle of the cordial called 

 " Parfaite Amour," which, although exposed to the severest test, had lost neither colour 

 nor flavour. 



6.— LEMON JUICE. 



This had been exposed in casks for eight years in Fury beach, and wc were of opinion 

 tliat it had lost much of its antiscorbutic qualities, from its want of the expected effect on 

 those who were afflicted with scurvy ; and our opinions seem io have been well founded. 

 according to the following report : 



The lemon juice lias undergone a partial decomposition, but still contains a considerable 



