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  character 
  for 
  its 
  curative 
  effects 
  in 
  a 
  certain 
  class 
  of 
  

   diseases, 
  and 
  its 
  reputation 
  is 
  attracting 
  numbers 
  afflicted 
  

   with 
  such 
  disorders, 
  even 
  from 
  distant 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  water 
  is 
  unhke 
  any 
  other 
  hitherto 
  discovered 
  

   here, 
  the 
  chief 
  ingredient 
  being 
  sulphate 
  of 
  lime. 
  

  

  This 
  well, 
  situated 
  in 
  a 
  cove, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  

   high 
  gravelly 
  ridge, 
  is 
  107 
  feet 
  deep. 
  A 
  stratum 
  of 
  

   sandstone 
  (found 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  surface) 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  con- 
  

   glomerate 
  or 
  pudding-stone, 
  were 
  penetrated. 
  

  

  The 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  ascertained 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  

   May, 
  1852, 
  was 
  66° 
  Fahrenheit, 
  the 
  mercury 
  standing 
  

   at 
  88° 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  air, 
  before 
  immersion. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Smith, 
  in 
  his 
  analyses 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  December, 
  

   reports 
  the 
  temperature 
  at 
  64° 
  Fahrenheit 
  ; 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   air 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  50 
  degrees; 
  showing 
  a 
  difference 
  of 
  

   two 
  degrees 
  between 
  winter 
  and 
  summer, 
  owing, 
  doubt- 
  

   less, 
  to 
  the 
  exposure 
  to 
  the 
  different 
  medium 
  of 
  the 
  

   atmosphere 
  of 
  the 
  surface, 
  colder 
  at 
  one 
  period 
  and 
  

   warmer 
  at 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  Analyses 
  of 
  this 
  water, 
  and 
  of 
  such 
  other 
  mineral 
  

   springs 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  procured, 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  under 
  the 
  

   proper 
  head. 
  

  

  Among 
  others 
  which 
  have 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  past 
  at- 
  

   tracted 
  many 
  visitors, 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  the 
  Lauderdale 
  

   Springs 
  and 
  the 
  Artesian 
  Springs 
  of 
  Madison 
  County. 
  

  

  Ocean 
  Springs, 
  on 
  the 
  sea-shore 
  near 
  Baluxi, 
  has 
  

   the 
  latest 
  notoriety, 
  being 
  opened 
  to 
  visitors 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  

   time 
  last 
  summer, 
  and 
  seems 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  fre- 
  

   quented 
  as 
  a 
  summer 
  resort. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  many 
  other 
  mineral 
  springs 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  

   yet 
  come 
  into 
  general 
  notice; 
  some 
  still 
  unimproved, 
  and 
  

   known 
  only 
  to 
  or 
  frequented 
  by 
  persons 
  in 
  the 
  immedi- 
  

   ate 
  neighborhood 
  ; 
  a 
  mere 
  mention 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  will 
  

   complete 
  the 
  list; 
  among 
  them 
  are 
  the 
  reputed 
  alum 
  

  

  