5v o ACIDULATED WATERS 



brun, and Rodbrun % the Upper, the Nether, and 

 the Red Spring; the two firil five and twenty 

 paces diftant from each other, the third an lum- 

 drcd paces diflant from the firih The Upper 

 fpring, on account of the fuperior excellence of 

 its water, as well as its iituution, was lirll op?n- 

 cd, inclofed with a (tone and lime wall, covered 

 above, and folemnly confccruted on tlie 25th of 

 July, 1678. 



It is remarkable, that tlr; octangular build- 

 * ing with which it was inclofed, ilill Hands en- 

 tiro ; and the original roof is Hill a fuJlicient 

 Ihelter from the rain, although furroumled \\ith 

 tall branchy trees, and expolcd from its litua*' 

 tion to uncommon quantities of rain and con- 

 tinual dampnefs. 



\V y ell> have not yet been dug at .the open- 

 ings of tlvj other two fpring^ : The netber t or 

 hiver fpring, fo called from its low fituution ; 

 sind the red fpring, which owes its dhtiiiguilh- 

 ing epithet to the ochre with which its waters 

 are mixed. 



It is more than probable, that the virtues of 

 thofe waters had been long known to the neigh- 

 bouring inhabitants. To the red fpring parti- 

 c.ularly farriflccs appear to have been ollerctl, 

 and religious veneration paid. Whether t licit? 

 fprings retained their celebrity during the reign 

 of popery, we know not. In the Colleclanca Of- 

 Urogothica of Pal mil-hold mention is made, fhut. 



