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line. Another class of alkaline waters, with alkaline car- 

 bonates and silicates, have a small portion of common salt, 

 derived from argillaceous strata, but no connection with 

 limestone. Such are the springs of Ours, of the grand coteau 

 of Chambly, and some of the waters of Nicolet. About 

 this place, six springs issue from the schists of Hudson River 

 group, along same line of disturbance, the whole within dis- 

 tance of three or four leagues. Of these, two are strongly 

 saline and neutral; two others saline, but alkaline; the 

 other two characterized by predominance of alkaline car- 

 bonates ; the last from schists, the former from limestone. 

 There are two strong saline neutral waters in West Ca- 

 nada. One is at "BOWMAN'S MILL," the spring being 

 copious, with temperature of 50, which is perhaps above 

 the mean. The waters are highly saline, very bitter, almost 

 acrid when concentrated, depositing by boiling, carbonates 

 of lime and magnesia, a little strontia, traces of iron, bro- 

 mine, and iodine. Analysis of 1000 parts of this water: 



Chloride of sodium, 18-9158 



Chloride of calcium, IT '5315 



Chloride of magnesium, 9-5437 



Bromide of sodium, '2482 



Iodine, -0008 



Carbonate of lime, -0411 



Carbonate of magnesia, -0221 

 Salts of strontia, potash, and iron, traces, 



46-3038 



The spring at Whitley 's issues from Trenton limestone, (No. 

 2) in the Township of Hallo well. There are two salt wells on 

 the land of Amos Hubbs, with chlorides, bromine, and iodine. 

 At St. Genevieve, on Bastican River, there are several 

 springs issuing from the lower limestone, strongly saline 

 and neutral ; there being two quantitative analyses, the first 

 on the land of Olivier Trudel, of Riviere Yeillethe. The 



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