Bringier on the Region of the Mississippi, §¢. 28 
Hot Springs. 
The hot springs of Wachitta have proved to be the most 
efficacious thermal watersin the United States. Their repu- 
tation, particularly in one disease, has undoubtedly reached 
the most remote corner of our country; it is much to be — 
regretted that visitors find no accommodations | When 
I was at these lead there were two hundred and eighty 
persons. A number had come more than one thousand 
miles from edi but they all appeared to suffer for want 
batho eMac asin ‘&e. os - es they had 
. e had. Still, 
er eo the water in those is ere 1867. cp rence out 
of a bed of fibrous heavy spar* which some travellers have 
taken for a voleanic production, but I could see no trace of 
any such agency. Some sulphur which is seen in the pores 
of the spar, in some places mixed with a metallic substance’ 
which I 2 ee to ae nee find ra deposited by the water, 
! iphur. — gngeed, Sr beans e is Wied 
reign % peti gateaen 
ie pean bs ite tbaweor ade is generally made 
r tea, and indeed for or all culinary uses; besides be- 
ing drank when it aie ough. Sti ‘e good | 
8 of water ea i Pl the hill, after i issuing om 
eS | + ot snes, All 
Fame We Bos 
water equal to Greco ey d perhap: 
Tasca te vere running parallel, 
» of the letter U, and | 
