520 Matlock and Pyrmmt Waters. [BookVIL 



latter one hundred and forty grains were earth. The 

 water as it fprings up is clear and fparkling, and 

 throws up a quantity of air-bubbles. It has a ftrong 

 fmdl of fulphur, and is fuppofed to be the ftrongeft 

 fulphureous water in England. It has a fait tafte, as 

 it contains a confiderable quantity of fea fait, together 

 with a little marine fait of magnefia, and calcareous 

 earth V 



Harrowgte"i&-ster is cathartic when taken in dofes 

 of feveral pints.' / When ufed externally as a fomenta- 

 tion, it is laid to be ufefui in fome disorders of the fkin,; 

 and by fome phyficians it is confidered as efficacious 

 in deftroying worms, 



MATLOCK. f At this place (which is perfectly ro- 

 mantic) are feveral fprings of warm water, which ap- 

 pear to be of the nature of the Briftol water, except 

 that it is very flightly impregnated with iron. Its 

 heat is about 69, and its virtues are fimilar to thofe 

 of the Briftol and Buxton waters. The baths are re- 

 commended in rheumatic complaints, in cutaneous 

 diforders, and in other cafes where warm bathing is 

 ferviceable. T here are great numbers of petrifactions 

 in the courfe of this water f/ 



PYRMONT, in Weftpbatia. f This is a very brifk 

 chalybeate, abounding in fixed air j and when taken 

 up from the fountain, fparkles like the brifkeft Cham- 

 paign wine. It has a fine, plealant, vinous tafte, and 

 a fomev/hat fulphureous fmell. It is perfectly clear, 

 and bears carriage better than the Spa water. A gallon 

 of it contains 46 grains of chalk, 15.6 of magnefia, 

 30 of vitriolated magnefia, 10 of fea fait, and 2.6 of 

 aerated iron J. Perfons who drink it at the well, are 



* Elliot, p. 177 and 184. f ibid. p. 210. 



J; Dr. Marcard, in his Dtfcription of Pyrmont, on the authority df 

 M. Weltrumb of Hammeln, eftimates the iron at fomewhat mose 

 than eight grains to the gallon, 



affected 



