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MISSOURI MINERAL SPRINGS. 



G. C. SWALLOW, the geologist of this State, has re- 

 ported some mineral waters. "North River Lick," in 

 Marion County, is a strong brine water. There are chaly- 

 beate springs and sulphur waters also reported, as " SUL- 

 PHUR SPRING," on Lick Creek, " CHELTENHAM SULPHUR 

 SPRING," etc. 



VIRGINIA MINERAL SPRINGS. 



PROCEEDING south, the next springs which attract atten- 

 tion are the mineral and thermal springs of Yirginia. This 

 State has been peculiarly blessed in this order of gifts. 

 These springs have long been known, and justly esteemed ; 

 many of them belonging to the carbonated class of true ther- 

 mal waters. And first on the subject of thermalism, the facts, 

 and not the philosophy thereof, occupying the moment, a 

 word on theories may be tolerated, nevertheless. 



"THE VALLEY," as it is called, between the Blue Ridge 

 and the Alleghany Mountain, is the location of a number of 

 the most celebrated of the Yirginia springs. They are quite 

 numerous, and belong to several of the classes described. 

 The region is delightful, possessing beauty of scenery and 

 salubrity of atmosphere, and, as a spring region, has be- 

 come celebrated ; the marked effects of its waters and cli- 

 mate, as great hygienic and therapeutic powers of the world, 

 having long been the subject of scientific interest to the medi- 

 cal profession of the United States. 



