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fifty miles from Lexington east, on Licking River. This, 

 according to Dr. Drake, is " one of the oldest and most noted 

 watering-places in Kentucky." There are several springs 

 of different characters at this place, which are designated, 

 by Drake, "salt sulphur, white sulphur, and chalybeate." 

 The salt sulphur has a temperature of 58 F. It is a weak 

 lime-water charged with sulphuretted hydrogen. The quan- 

 tity of salt is smaller than many or most of the springs in 

 tlie West. " It contains sulphuretted hydrogen, chloride of 

 sodium, or common salt, muriate of lime, and carbonate of 

 soda." The WHITE SULPHUR is half a mile from this, and 

 "said to have made its first appearance in the earthquakes 

 of 1811." Composition like the Salt Sulphur, with "differ- 

 ence in proportion of elements." There is, in the SULPHUR, 

 a much 'larger quantity of sulphuretted hydrogen, but less 

 chloride of sodium, with some carbonate of soda. Tempera- 

 ture, 59 F. 



The IRON SPRINGS are two in number, half a mile from 

 the last, with temperature 52 F., and contain "carbonate 

 of iron, with the proportion of muriates and carbonates 

 which our common springs afford. " 



VITRIOL SPRING contains " muriates and carbonates only, 

 and these in such moderate quantities that it is used for culinary 

 purposes, although spoken of as medicinal." The medical 

 properties of this spring are not lauded exceedingly, although 

 the place is described as a broken surface, peculiar from irre- 

 gular hills and ravines, and consequently attractive for its 

 beauty of scenery and the wildness of its landscapes. Accord- 

 ing to Dr. Peter, "there are six springs belonging to the 

 Olympian group, three sulphuretted hydrogen, two iron 

 saline, and one acidulous saline ; the contents not great in 

 quantity. " 



Of the Olympian group, Bath County, Owen gives quali- 

 tative testing of five springs. The first is a weak chalybeate, 

 with salts of lime, magnesia, soda. The second contains more 

 iron, with many of the same salts. The third is a good saline al- 

 kaline chalybeate. The fourth contains a large list of salts of 



