Of XFO^ID^S >Ht\E. 4* 



58. Another of thefe of zfulphureou* fmell that will not take 

 foap, and turns milk., I found at Bould mtfoe 'Parifli of Idbury, 

 in part of the pofTeflions of one W Lbggm, a worthy Gentleman, 

 (whofe affiftance in the tryal of this water, and furtherance in my 

 other bufinefs,I cannot without ingratitude tver forget t) which 

 differs from the former only in thrs, that bfefides its tinging red 

 with powder of Galls, with fpirit of Vrin it tarns white, which 

 (as I had obferved before at Banbury) that would notdo-: whence 

 I have ground to fufpeft, that over and beftde the ingredients of 

 that, here muft in all likelyhoodbe fomthing of Alum \ and in 

 this opinion I am the more confirmed, fince I am informed, by 

 the Controverfie between jyWittie and M r Sympfbn, that Vitthl 

 and Alum are fomtimes found together, as intheGliff near the 

 Scarborow Spaw. And that in Sweden g there is a fingte ftohe of 

 a yellow colour, intermixed with ftreaks of white, and very 

 weighty, that affords Sulphur, Vitriol, A turn, and Minium j now 

 that fuch aftone is here, though I dare not aflfert, yet queftion* 

 lefs there may be fomthing not fo altogether unlike, but whenever 

 there is occafion of digging there-about again, the ftones and 

 earth may deferve examination *. 



59. I (hould next have proceeded to the waters impregnated 

 with Vitriol only, but that I am called back to Deddingtm again 

 by another water of a fetid odour, in ftench much exceeding all 

 before-mentioned. This I met with in a fmall Clofe behind a 

 Barn, within a furlong or lefs of that at Mr. Lanes having the 

 Houfe where the Vutthy -Court is kept to the Eaft* and the Guild 

 Weft, and belonging to Ch. Cb. Colt, in Oxon, in fmell fo per- 

 fectly refembling that of rotten eggs, and accordingly fo ftfdngly 

 arTefting the fenfe, that I could not fo much as put it to my mouth 

 without danger at leaflt of {training to vomit. Such a one aa 

 this is mentioned by Georgiut Agricola h , at the Gaftle of Steutt* 

 wold in the Bijboprickof Uildejhtim , within a mile of HafJaj 

 where, fays he, there is another Spring that fends forth a ftifik, 

 qualit eft pulvem bombard* exftintti : a defcription fo agreeable 

 alfo to our fulphur well at Deddington, that as I could not at firft 

 but Wonder, that two fuch waters fhould be found at places fo 

 far afunder, (o ftrangly alike ; fo it gave? me a hint, that thefg 



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 in Carnarvan-shire, there are alfo Jwh Hones, Dr. Merrets F max mum Nat. f-ilj. * Lib.DeNatu- 

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