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ble common water to hold this body in solution, to a 

 much greater degree than it will do in a pure state. 



Perhaps, this idea is corroborated by the colour of 

 the sulphur gathered from the sides of the Spring, 

 which, though it burns and smells, in all respects, 

 like brimstone, yet is of a whiter appearance. This 

 whiteness may possibly be occasioned by a small mix- 

 ture of lime. 



The Spring, from which the sulphur-water pro- 

 ceeds, issues from the ground into a marsh, and is 

 not very abundant. It requires a number of hours to 

 fill the bath. 



These waters are more purgative than any in Vir- 

 ginia. They are extremely useful in all bilious ha- 

 bits, and in a variety of cutaneous eruptions. They 

 are taken into the stomach in very large quantities, 

 and produce a very strong appetite. They so effec- 

 tually penetrate the system, that a person who uses 

 them freely, in drinking and bathing, smells strongly 

 of sulphur, and communicates it even to his clothes, 

 so as to be perceptible for a considerable time after 

 leaving the Springs ; and turns silver watches black, 

 when carried in the pocket. 



The accommodations at these Springs are said to 

 be pretty good. I have never seen them ; but hav- 

 ing conversed at the Sweet-Springs (from which they 

 are distant only sixteen miles) with people who come 

 from them daily, and have seen the sulphur which the 



