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of a savoury and substantial dinner, distributed into three courses of 

 things with comical names, and a dessert with a pint of wine, which 

 was not despicable. Inspired with the exhilarating repast, he jo- 

 cundly exclaims, " What cockney within the smoke of the kitchen 

 of the Albion or of the Freemason's can hope to linger over, still 

 less to partake of, the tithe part of this long list of gustables, at the 

 bare name of which his mouth would water, for only twice twelve 

 pence of lawful British money ?" 



Boll is a beauteous village : it has long enjoyed a national, and 

 even European, renown. It is placed on an elevated plateau, form- 

 ed on one of the pinnacles of the Suabian Alps : on the one side it 

 is flanked by a ridge of these mountains, which extends as far as the 

 eye can reach ; while on the other side a dense forest comes down 

 to the very edge of the village in its rear, and forms a dark back- 

 ground to the place, giving it an imposing character. The contem- 

 plation of the whole scene is full of interest, when the eye rests on 

 the once mighty Hohenstaufen, the cradle of the German emperors. 

 _The spring at Boll is sulphureous: it rises through a soil consist- 

 ing of bituminous marl and a species of sulphureous gravel. Its 

 temperature is 54° F., and its predominant saline constituents are 

 Glauber salt, and the carbonates of soda, lime, and magnesia, with 

 traces of iron and manganese, and strong indications of bitumen. 

 Its gaseous contents are carbonic acid, azote, and sulphuretted hy- 

 drogen. It proves of essential service in diseases of the skin, scurvy, 

 psora, and other " deturpating complaints ;" in nocturnal pains of 

 the bones from " erotic affections ;" and in carious ulcers of the legs, 

 contraction of the limbs, and lameness. It is a depurative of the 

 blood, when this is vitiated. Dr. G. considers the mineral water of 

 Boll, when taken internally, capable of producing the most happy 

 results. 



Provisions are cheap at Boll : it is a comfortable place : it offers 

 to the visiter a scene of civilization in the way of public and private 

 amusements, occupation of the mind, and social intercourse, which 

 could hardly be expected in that lofty and secluded region. A band 

 attends on week-days, and on every Sunday or Saint's-day there is 

 dancing after dinner. The water is pumped from the spring by 

 means of a tread-wheel : the environs are picturesque, the roads are 

 good, and the main-road is excellent. 



Dr. Granville offers as his reason for having purposely given a 

 very extended account of the principal Wurtemburg Spas, the com- 

 plete ignorance which prevails in this country respecting them, and 

 the serious loss entailed by that ignorance to many thousands who 

 might otherwise have ibund health at some of these watering-places. 

 He adds that they ai'e the least expensive of all the frequented Spas 

 of Germany ; that every one of them is situated in the centre of 

 some romantic and beautiful region ; and that, on these satisfactory 

 grounds, they deserve and ought to command attention. 



Having discharged his professional duty to the waters of Wiir- 

 temberg and its highland scenery. Dr. G. takes his departure for 



