"290 ROCK SALT. 



Saline and Montmorat in the division of the Jura, and 

 near St. Maurice, not far from the regions of perpe- 

 tual snow. 



The salt deposits of Germany are noted for their 

 extent ; commencing at Halle, and passing through 

 lleichentall in Bavaria, to Hallein, Halstadt, Jschel, 

 and Ebensel in Austria,, till they terminate at Ausse 

 in Styria. The same formations occur in Transyl- 

 vania, upper Hungary, Moldavia, and Poland ; ranging 

 along the chain of the Carpathian mountains for more 

 than five hundred miles, from Wieliczka to Rymniek. 

 Those of Wieliczka and of Bothnia are celebrated, 

 from the highly-coloured descriptions of travellers ; 

 hut tiiose who are desirous of real information, will 

 consult the more soher details of Townson. 



Salt springs abound in Russia: and, in the Crimea, 

 in the government of Astracan, and in other places, 

 there occur salt lakes which are supposed to owe their 

 origin to unknown repositories of that mineral. The 

 country which surrounds the Caspian Sea, is every 

 where impregnated with salt; and, in Siberia, it is 

 found at Kolwan, Irkutski, and other places. It ap- 

 pears also to abound in Tartarian China, on the table 

 land of Great Tartary, in Thibet, in Hindustan, and 

 in Persia. Ormus contains it in great abundance ; 

 and, in the desert of Caramania, it is sufficiently com- 

 mon and solid to be used in building. 



Limited as is our acquaintance with Africa, the 

 sands of the northern districts are known to be im- 

 pregnated with it, so that the wells are often useless ; 

 while here, as in many parts of Asia, the sand is often 

 red and accompanied by gypsum ; indicating that its 

 connexions are the same as in all other parts of the 

 \vorld. To the southward of Abyssinia, it is found in 

 solid masses ; as it is on the mountains westward of 



