Ohfervations 6cc. 2^^ 



The Water of the Hammam Melhvan, is not only reniark- of the Ham- 

 able for being very brackiih and highly difagreeable to the ;^^,? '^^''"' 

 Palate^ but alfo for being vaftly ponderous. The Water of 

 the lower Bath at Mereega, is of an infipid Tafte when cold, Mereega, 

 and would not evaporate, by an ordinary fand Heat. The upper 

 one, which is rarely cleanfed, befides tinging with a rufty Co- 

 lour the Walls and whatever elfe It reiteth upon, is full of a 

 tawny ochre-like Sediment, and may pafs therefore for a Bath 

 of the Chaljheat Kind, though the Water, a Week only after 

 I took It from the Fountain, (fori had no Inftrument to exa- 

 mine It upon the Spot) would not anfwer to the Experiment 

 of the Galls. However, whether the Baths of Mereega, El 

 Hammah and Leef, (the three principal ones of this Kingdom) ei Hammah 

 contain any or no latent mineral Qualities and Effluvia, yet""'' ^^^^" 

 they are reforted to from all Parts, keeping up the Credit and 

 Reputation at leaft, of being very beneficial in removing the 

 Rheum atifm. Jaundice, and Diftempers of all Complexions. 



The Rivulet of El Hammah and others in the Jereed, haver/, siu<at:on 

 their Sources in large extenfive Plains, far removed from any''^'^''•^'^"'*'' 

 confiderable Chain of Mountains : and as little or no Rain falls 

 in tliefe Diftricts, This Circumftance feems to be no fmall 

 Teftimony in Favour of that Syftem, which deduceth the O- 

 rigine of Fountains from the great Abyfs. The Wells, which 

 I have taken Notice of, in IVadreag ', feem likewife further to 

 confirm It. The Situation of Cafja to the Weft ward, is under 

 the Shade of very high Mountains, though the Springs are in 

 the eaftern Part of the City, at fome Furlongs Diftance. The 

 Baths of Eeef^ Gurhos, Hammaite, JVarran^ and Mellwan , 

 are each of them at the Bottom of a high Mountain; thofe of 

 Mereega and ^m el Houte are about the Middle ; whilft the 

 Situation of the Hammam Meshouteen^ of the Baths of Elelma, 

 and Seedy Ehly, is in uneven Ground, neither plain nor moun- 

 tainous, though inclining rather to the latter. 



The Weight of theWater of the Hammam Mereegais to That The uydro- 

 of RainWater^ as 836 is to 8go; that oiJVarran as 837: thato/rSSf//. 

 οι Me shout een as 85"c; and that of Mellwan as 910. I had no 

 Convenience or Opportunity of weighing the reft. 



Befides the hot mineral Effluvia that are continually dif- of the Emh- 

 charged by the Thermae, there ftill remain below the Surface Ifthh' coin. 

 fome vaft and inexhauftible Funds of Sulphur, Nitre, and other "^' 



I Vid. p. 135•. 



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