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lars concerning the nature of the surface, or the 
qualities of the soil of the circumjacent district. I 
hasten, therefore, to the objects of my enquiry. 
ON THE WATER OF THE NEW BATHS. 
The spring of this water was discovered in the 
year 1790, and the year following, a very ele- 
gant building was erected; which contains two cold 
baths, two warm baths, and a small warm bath 
for children. The spring was discovered at the 
depth of forty-two feet from the surface of the 
ground. A well is sunk about twenty-four feet 
deep. In the course of this depth, there is a rock 
the thickness of, eight or ten feet; afterwards there 
is a bed of marl; after penetrating which, another 
rock, much harder than the former, is found- 
Through this second rock a bore is made eighteen 
feet deep, where there is a small cleft in the rock. 
There are many little springs found in this course ; 
but from this cleft the water rises with violence to 
the level of four feet above the surface of the 
ground; and it affords a constant and copious sup- 
ply of fresh water. 
I, ON THE GASEOUS FLUIDS. 
The water, when fresh drawn, smells of suiphurat- 
ed hydrogen or hepatic* gas; but it quickly becomes ° 
* I must take leave to retain this name in the following 
pages, preferring it (if for no better reason, at least for its 
shortness) to the compound term, 
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