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uisd are conveyed by pipes and conduits into fourteen houses, in 

 which are formed twenty-eight baths, some of which are much hot- 

 ter than those in the town, and must be cooled eighteen hours before 

 they can be used. They are for the most part five or six yards 

 square, and their water is clear and pleasant. One quite open to 

 the air, called " the Poor Man's Bath," has a spring so hot that the 

 people scald pigs, and boil eggs in it. These baths are not so 

 strong as those in the city, and are hence often preferred for the 

 more weakly ; and on this account, those of all ages and condi- 

 tions bathe in them, for their diversion, without any danger. 



At MET HORN, two miles from Paderborn, are three springs, two 

 of which are not above a yard asunder, and yet are of very different 

 qualities: the one is limped, of a bluish colour, luke-warm, and 

 contains sal-armoniac, iron, alum, sulphur, nitre, and brpiment ; 

 the other is as cold as ice, turbid, and whitish, yet has much the 

 same contents ; but the water has a stronger taste, and is heavier 

 than the other. It is said to be a perfect cure for worms, yet the 

 fowls that drink of it are immediately thrown into convulsions, but 

 are soon recovered by an infusion of common salt and vinegar. The 

 third spring, which is about twenty paces distant from the other 

 two, is of a greenish colour, but very clear ; the taste has a mixture 

 of sweet and sour. 



SPA or SPAW, a town celebrated for its mineral waters, is seated 

 in a valley surrounded with mountains, and contains three hundred 

 houses. The part called the Old Spa, which is properly only a 

 suburb to the new, consists of a few miserable cottages ; and when 

 strangers arrive, the poor inhabitants send out a swarm of children 

 to get what they can by begging. Even the houses of New Spa, 

 are little, dark, old-fashioned, wooden buildings, and yet it is 

 affirmed, that they can make twelve hundred beds for strangers. 

 The inn called " the Court of London," is very large, and, as it is 

 the best in the place, is chiefly frequented by strangers. The names 

 of the five principal wells are Tunnelet, Watpotz, Saviniere y 

 Gerensterd> and Poubon, all of them are strong calybeates; highly 

 impregnated with carbonic acid gas, and seme of them with lime. 

 The inhabitants are employed in making toys, and other things for 

 strangers, to whom they are very civil, and ready to do them all 

 good offices. 



The waters of PYRMONT are likewise in WESTPHALIA. The 



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