20 ' Analysis of the lately discovered 



At a distance of four miles on the London road, and 

 situated on the steep side of a hill, is Dodsivell, one of the 

 most elegantly and pleasantly situated villages in the king- 

 dom, sheltered by lofty and venerable trees. 



At a distance of ten miles stands Tewkesbury^ where lies 

 buried the ill-fated Edward prince of Wales, son of 

 Henry VI., who was cruelly murdered a few days after the 

 battle which decided the fortune of his house. Many other 

 charming situations and remarkable places of this neigh- 

 bourhood might be pointed out, were this a topic on which 

 we meant to treat; but as it is not, we shall hasten to the 

 tiubject more immediately under consideration. 



II. Phvsical Properties of the Water. 

 The water of the Chalybeate Strong Saline Well, taken, 

 fresh from the pump, has a distinct saline taste with a slight 

 impression of bitter. It is colourless, perfectly transparent, 

 without smell, and possesses a strong refractive power. Its 

 temperature was 53" at 29'5 barometrical pressure, the tem- 

 perature of the air being 65° Fahr, Its specific gravity was 

 as 2*039 to 2"036. On pouring the water at the fountain 

 head from one vessel into another, and leaving it exposed 

 to the air, it emits a multitude of exceedingly minute air- 

 bubbles, which firmly adhere to the inner surface of the 

 vessel. Exposed to the open atmosphere for eight days, it 

 suffered no material change. This spring yields upwards 

 of 800 ofallons of water in 24 hours in every season of the 

 year. 



III. Examination by Re-agents. 



Experiment I. — To 15 cubic inches of distilled water, 

 contained in a glass vessel, tincture of cabbage was added 

 sufficient to impart to it the slightest tint of blue that could 

 be distinguished when the vessel was placed between a sheet 

 of white paper and the eye. 



Experiment II. — A like portion of the same tincture was 

 dropt into 15 cubic inches of the saline water taken fresh 

 from the well, and contained in a similar vessel. On viewing 

 both glasses by reflected light against a sheet of white paper, 

 ihe latter appeared distinctly red, the former blue. 



Experiment 



