Account of Sutton spa. 61 



had fallen the evening before, ascended to the summit of 

 the famous Cofre, which is 162 toises higher than the peak 

 of Tenerifle, and fixed its position by direct observations. 

 He measured also trigonometrically the peak of Orizava, 

 which the Indians call Sitlaltepetl, because the luminous 

 exhalations of its crater resemble at a distance a falling star, 

 and respecting the longitude of which M. Ferrer published 

 very exact operations. 



After an interesting residence in these countries, where^ 

 under the shade of the iiqiudamhar and amj/ris, are found 

 growing the epidemlrum vanilla and convolvulus jalappa, 

 two productions equally valuable for exportation, our tra- 

 vellers descended towards the coast of Vera Cruz, situated 

 between hills of shifting sand, the reverberation of which 

 causes a suffocating heat ; but happily escaped tlie yellow 

 fever, which prevailed there at the time, 



Tlicy proceeded in a Spanish frigate to the [lavannah to 

 get the coUections and herbals left there in 1 800, and, after 

 a stav of two months, embarked for the United States : but 

 they were exposed to great danger in the channel of the Ba- 

 hamas fruni a hurricane which lasted seven days. 



After a passage of thirty -two days they arrived at Phila- 

 delphia; remained in that city and in Washington iwa 

 months; and returned to Europe in August 1804 bv the 

 way of Bourdeaux with a great number of drawings, thirtv- 

 five boxes of collections, and 6000 species of plants. 



IX. An Account of Sutton Spa, near Shreuslury. Bij 

 Dr. Evans*. 



OuTTON Spa is situated within tv/n miles south of Shrews- 

 bury, on the slope of a gentle eminence, and close to a vil- 

 lage of the same name, the property of the right honourable 

 lord Berwick. The spring issues from a rocky stratum of 

 ash-coloured clay, or ara;illaccoas schistus, conlaiiiing (as 

 appears by its effervescence with nitrous acid) a small por- 

 tion of lime ; and, in its present unimproved state, yieldrj 

 but a scanty stream. In the neighbourhood are several beds 

 of sofi limestcme and coal, the latter mineral accompanying 

 nearly the whole course of Meole-brook. In the Sutton 

 pits it is mixed with so large a proportion of pyrites, or sul- 

 phuret of iron, as to be used only for inferior purposes. 



• This is a continuation of Mr. Plymley's Account of the Mineral Pro- 

 Uuct.ons of Shropshire See our last Number, p. 304. 



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