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THE WELLS. 



ALL the hot springs of Carlsbad, rising from 

 the same natural reservoir, issue from different ori- 

 fices 5 each has its name and its temperature. Their 

 number has often varied, some of them having ap- 

 peared, disappeared and re -appeared. Others, on 

 both sides of the river, are found in several houses, 

 and might be, if necessary, adapted to medical 

 use. We have now the Sprudel , the Hygiaea, the 

 Keubrunn , the Muhlbrunn , the Theresienbrunn, the 

 Bernardsbrunn, the Schlossbrunn and the Spitalbrunn. 



The boiler, which supplies them all, formed by 

 the mineral sediments of the water itself (the frag- 

 ments of which are called Sprudel- Stones') , has a 

 depth, thickness, extent and ramifications, which no 

 human eye can scrutinize, and the enormous clouds of 

 hot vapours, escaping from every accidental or arti- 

 ficial opening, will probably baffle all attempts to 

 ascertain the dimensions of that wonderful laboratory. 

 Such trials were made in 1713 and 1727, after a 



