Ohjervations &c. a^i 



They arc well enough inftruded in the Art of grainingit; 

 though loinething is ftill wanting, either in the ingredients 

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

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

 a Pound of that which is made in this Country. 



Befides the feveral Springs and Rivulets, I have here enume-'^-''''> ^< 

 rated, of Salt Water, thefe Countries abound likewife with^^t-^^r/rir 

 Thofe that partake of Sulphur and other iMinerals. In which^ 

 Clafs (befides the^i;/ KJdran, that hath been already mention- 

 ed '; and the Hamdh, a rich Spaw Water or Acidida near the 

 River Bip.}hepj\) we may place the feveral Hammams \ as They 

 call the Therms of This Country. The ^'m el Houte, and 

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

 more than lukewarm ; but Thofe of ->Se6'<^;^£'/^/;', Warran^ Ham- 

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

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

 to bathe in; whilft the Hammam Meskouteen, 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 Honte , and the Springs of Gafsa and Tozer nou- ue eu^anty 

 rifli a Number of fmall Fiflies, of the Mullet and Perch Kind , ^'«/ ^^'^ 

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

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

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

 ticularly of £/ Hamtnah is perfedlly clear and tranfparent, 

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

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

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



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

 and in the Promotion that is thereby occalioned of a copious 

 Perfpiration. 



Beiides the ftrong fulphureous Steams of the Hammam Qj-f,,^i^^^„ 

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

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

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

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

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



I Vi^. p. 84. IV From whence our //«ff«<f«J. jVid. p. 122. perhaps from tjlji!!^ /i/^»'^. 



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