XVI. — Analysis of a Saline Spring in a Lead 

 Mine, near Keswick. By Thomas Ransome, 

 Esq. 



(Read November 2iid, 1847.) 



The water, of which the following is a description, 

 is procured from a Lead Mine at Brandley, on 

 the south-west side of Derwent Water, to the 

 proprietor of which, Mr. Merryweather, of Kes- 

 wick, I am indebted for the specimen of water, 

 and also for the information about its immediate 

 locality. 



The entrance to the mine is several feet above 

 the lake, and a level of two hundred yards in 

 length is driven into the hill. At the extremity 

 is the spring from which this water is taken ; it 

 rises through a small hole in the slate rock. 



The water itself is quite clear, and has a saline 



