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is much narrower in all others, both above and below. These 
ks, of which acon- 
siderable proportion in the immediate: vicinity are compact 
lime stone, both blue and grey. About six miles above 
springs there is said to be a veinof the sulphate of. barytes, a 
specimen of which was*given me ; and in the vicinity of the 
ferry below, there is a cavern of line stone, which may be 
trated with convenience for thirty yards and from the — 
roof of which stalactites are pendant. Near to this cave there 
is another containing a large quantity of good yellow ochre. 
_ There are said to. be mines Sen cobalt, copper, and iron in. 
t these are lofty” and not very 
neces. I found that there was, from the 1 ur 
Leek ee Ces pimudy, Mee, ee Pee gs 
cena cena ae evenings, de a pretty 
for several hours “of the day. There een 1 
frequent thunder showers, but these were generally * short 
duration. ‘These meteorological observations will . 
lead to the conclusion, that this watering place moses not be. 
advisable for persons laboring under pulmonic or dropsical 
. affections,and I did not learn that any such had been bene- 
fited by their: epeuenone 
After premising these 2e-remanke upon the situation and his- 
will pro 
of the water, whieh: was commenced on the spot in July, 
1818, and recently concluded: in my labora ratory. =. > 
1. The appearance of the water at the fountain was lim- 
pid, although megan was a continual ascent of air bubbles to. 
apatite A 
2. The taste was Snakes exbepting se shine iesibtl ime 
fio made by its temperature, which has been 
<i be 104° as the water emerged sand. 
ihere no smell perceivable by mpalh oh an 
seeing friend, who aided my researches, alth I was 
see by several persons that in some seasons’ S water 
mpregnated with so strong and permanent a ta 
se oes sensible after it had been conveyed to some distance. 
In the immediate vicinity of the _ drinking springs, there 
but this I atiribu-_ 
seh to the stagnation of. comine n water in these low spots, 
and the presence of decaying cnr matter. It should 
