Ohfervations &c. 2 ^ f 



They are well enough inftruoled in the Art of graining It; 

 though fomething is ftill wanting, either in the Ingredients 

 themfclves, or in the Proportions of them; one Ounce, from 

 our Powder Mills, being equivalent to more than a Quarter cf 

 a Pound of that which is made in this Country. 



Befides the feveral Springs and Rivulets, I have here enume-^/w;• Hot, 

 rated, of Salt Water, thefc Countries abound likewife with&c.i>r/»5i 

 Thofe that partake of Sulphur and other iViinerals. In which^' 

 Clafs (befides the^w Kidran, that hath been already mention- 

 ed '; and the Hamdb, a rich Spaw Water or u4cidula near the 

 River Bifdjepj\) we may place the feveral Hamynams \ as They 

 call the Thermae of This Country. The ^in el Route, and 

 the greateft Number of the Springs of the Jereed, are little 

 more than lukewarm ; hntTho^Qoi Seedy Ehly, Warran, Ham- 

 maite, Mellwan, ^greefe, Elelma, ElHammah, and the lower 

 Bath at Mereega, are of a more intenfe Heat, and very proper 

 to bathe in; whilil the Hamynam Meskoiiteen, and the upper 

 Bath at Mereega, are much too hot for that Intention ; the for- 

 mer boyling a large Piece of Mutton very tender in a Quarter 

 of an Hour. 



The ^in el Houte, and the Springs of Gafsa and Tozer nou- Ue ^aiity 

 rifli a Number of fmall Fifnes, of the Mullet and Perch Kind , ^if^'"''" 

 and are of an eafy Digeftion : of the like Quality are the c- 

 thcr Waters of the Jereed\ all of them, after they become 

 cold, being the common Drink of the Inhabitants. That par- 

 ticularly of £/ Hammah is perfeolly clear and tranfparent, 

 being withal asfoft to the Palate as Rain Water : unlefs there- 

 fore the fulphureous or other Effiwvia, that It is fuppofed to 

 be charged with, do eafily fly off, all the great Virtues a- 

 fcribed to the bathing in It, can coniift only in their genial Heat, 

 and in the Promotion that is thereby occafioned of a copious 

 Perfpiration. 



Befides the ilrong fulphureous Steams of the Hammam ς^^^^,^γ^^^-... 

 Meskouteen \ we are to obferve farther of them, that their Wa- ™etiat" 

 ter is of fo intenfe a Heat, that the rocky Ground it runs 

 over, to the Diftance fometimes of a hundred Foot, is dif- 

 folved or rather calcined by it. When the Subftance of thefe 

 Rocks is foft and uniform, then the Water by making every 



I VU. p. 84. 2 From whence our /i'/w/iiJHi. 3ViJ.,p.i22. perhaps from <Ji^ /i^^>•^• 



Μ mm X Way 



