128 On the Caucasian Mineral Waters. 



channel, discharges itself into one of the rivers, by which It 

 is surrounded in the form of a semicircle. 



In the year 1 798, Dr. Leventz, and Mr. Herner, a chemist, 

 were sent by the government to ascertain the nature of the 

 above-mentioned spring ; and the resuh proved it to be, in 

 reahty, possessed of medical virtue. Professor Pallas, in his 

 Travels, published at Leipzich, has given a short account 

 of this spring. 



In 1801, Mr. Simpson, a chemist, presented to the col- 

 lege an account of a warm spring discovered in the chain 

 of the Caucasian mountains, five versts north east from the 

 fortress of Constantinohor, and 40 from the cold spring. 

 It runs straight towards the west, down the steep declivity 

 of a chalky, shelly, and curiouslv-colnured mountain, falls 

 from the height of 44 yards, divides itself into small rivu- 

 lets, and entirely disappears at the foot of the mountain. 



In the same year, in consequence of another report, from 

 the general Obriezkow, concerning the Caucasian mineral 

 waters, the government resolved to send thither some intel- 

 ligent men, for the purpose of describing their situation, 

 ascertaining their nature, and investigating their virtue and 

 properties, and transmitting an account thereof; that, if 

 the result proved favourable, there might be established 

 proper, secure, atid convenient habitations for those who 

 come to receive the benefit of them. 



In conse(|uence of this, the next year (1802), in March, 

 Drs. Hordinsky and Krushevitch, and Mr. Skwentzon, a che- 

 mist, were sent by the college to the Caucasian mountains. 



Mr. Skwentzon, on his arrival there, endeavoured to find 

 out the nature of the two springs by a chemical process ; 

 and, having ascertained the quantity of volatile parts, he 

 boiled next about 700 pounds of the water, for the purpose 

 of discovering their solid and permanent parts, investigated 

 them minutely, and upon his return produced a comparative 

 table of the compositions of the Caucasian with other mi- 

 neral waters. 



Meanwhile doctors Hordinsky and Krushevitch spent the 

 whole summer in the use and application of these waters, 



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