78 Additional Notes on the 



extreme attention and kindness of every member of itj 

 made lis all feel how much more there is in the manner of 

 conferring a favor than even in the favor itself. 



The mineral springs of St. Paul's Bay, &c. which will be 

 among the first objects to attract the notice of the stranger, 

 are of three kinds, saline, sulphuretted, and chalybeate. 

 — ^The first the least abundant, the last the most so. The 

 saline and sulphuretted springs are confined to the alluvial 

 land of the valley of the GoufFre and principally, if not 

 entirely, to the almost immediate neighbourhood of St. 

 Paul's Bay.* This land consists of a very plastic marly 

 clay, overlying carboniferous limestone, and underlying 

 loamy, sandy, and vegetable deposits. Sandy ridges are 

 also very characteristic of the valley. This valley, perhaps, 

 half a league wide in its widest part, is enclosed on all 

 sides, except towards the Bay, by a chain of mountains 

 consisting of primary rocks. These rocks, towards the 

 lower end of the valley, have large deposits of carbonifer- 

 ous limestone at their feet, while those at the upper end 

 are characterised by being the matrices of large quantities 

 of magnetic iron. Such is a short geological sketch of this 

 valley, intended as explanatory of the geological position 

 of these mineral springs to which we again return. The 

 sulphuretted waters, whicli are found in many places in the 

 lower part of 'the bay, are remarkable for a white slimy 

 scum, or curd, which covers them. Pieces of wood, and 

 the stones lying in the stream have often a coating of the 

 same substance. When dried, these pieces, over the flame 

 of a candle, burn with a weak, blue, and almost lambent 

 flame, giving out the odour of sulphur. This coating has 



• In the Eboulemens sulphuretted waters are said to be more abundant. 



