130 On the Caucasian Mineral Waters. 



commodation of the gresl numbers of sick, and there is no 

 conveniency to construct additional accommodation; the 

 government resolved to have the water conveyed down, by 

 means of pipes, into batlung reservoirs, at the foot of the 

 mountain, formed separately for each of the sexes. 



The cold spring, on account of its low situation, is often 

 inundited in rainy seasons, and choked up wiih mud from the 

 adjacent river, which & .veiling out, in summer time, beyond 

 its banks, the bottom was filled with a quantity of chalky 

 stones or substances, which, dissolving in the carbonic acid 

 of the water, impeded probably its salutary effects. The 

 government, in consequence of this, ordered the fountain to 

 be cleared, and the well enclosed with a high wall made of 

 slone, to prevent thereby dirt and common water from run- 

 ning into it. 



For the purpose of bathing there are to be built several 

 covered and separate baths, and also a covered gallery for 

 the conveniency of walking in bad weather. 



I^ear both these springs are established temporary infir- 

 maries, under the direction of medical men, and the inspec- 

 tion of a commissioner, for the preservation of the general 

 order and accommodation. 



For the security of visitors there are patrols of Cossacs 

 stationed along the Caucasian line. 



For the greater benefit of the sick there is an experienced 

 physician, with an assistant, whose duty it is to observe the 

 effects of these waters^ and collect all such information, from 

 actual experience, as may make, in time, a useful and in- 

 structive book, to serve as a guide, both to the patient and 

 physician, in every thing that concerns these waters. 



The benefit of these waters is so great, that the govern- 

 ment spares no expenses to bring them into such a state 

 that they may rival the most celebrated mineral springs of 

 Europe. 



The following is a comparative table of the composition of 

 ♦be Caucasian and that of other mineral waters in Europe : 



A Table 



