166 Notice of the Sulphur -Springs , 



XXVII. Notice of the Sulphur -Springs, in the County 

 of Ontario, and State of Nevj-Tork. In a letter to 

 the President of the United-States, from ^Editor. 



Dear Sir, 



IN answer to your letter, which I received this 

 morning, I shall, with great pleasure and strict sin- 

 cerity, communicate what I know respecting the Sul- 

 phur in Jenisseia. 



I visited this bed of sulphur, or, as it is called in 

 the country, the " Sulphur- Springs," in August, 

 1797. I observed a quantity of sulphur in and about 

 the springs. The whole quantity might, perhaps, 

 have amounted to a cart-load ; I think not more. It 

 is, unquestionably, in a state of considerable purity ; 

 for some of it, which was examined by Dr. Priestley, 

 was found to contain 96 per cent, of good and un- 

 mixed sulphur. 



The whole of the sulphur that I saw, and the 

 whole of what I could obtain any information at the 

 time, from Captain Williamson, Mr. Thomas Morris, 

 and other gentlemen, was, undoubtedly, derived 

 from the water of the Springs. This water is very 

 transparent ; as much so as the clearest limestone- 

 water. It, however, both tastes and smells, very 

 sensibly, of sulphur. To me, it had, likewise, a 

 very evident taste of lime. Indeed, there can be no 

 doubt, that the sulphur is held in solution by means 



