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water deposits, I can rely upon the above account as 

 accurate. 



II. RED-SPRING. 



This rises in Bottatourt- County, within a mile of 

 the Sweet- Springs. It is a pretty strong chalybeate, 

 with a considerable portion of fixed air mingled with 

 the water. It is a copious spring, issuing from the 

 side of a rocky bank. Its temperature is 73 degrees 

 of Fahrenheit. 



The water of this Spring is, probably, as highly 

 medicinal as any in Virginia. It was purchased, a 

 few years since, by Colonel Gurney, of Philadelphia, 

 who was making excellent arrangements for the ac- 

 commodation of company, when he died, and the 

 whole business has, ever since, been at a stand. He, 

 however, proceeded so far as to erect a number of 

 baths, with a bath-house, together with a large frame 

 dwelling-house, for the lodging and boarding of those 

 who should use the Spring. This dwelling-house 

 was unfinished ; but it serves still for a lodging-place 

 to a number of people, who come to the waters. 



III. THE SPRING AT THE MILL. 



At a short distance from the Red-Spring, on the 

 road to the Sweet- Springs, there is a mill, by the 

 side of which there is a mineral water, which, in 



