16 OF THE WATERS, 



A mile and a half eaft from Rothbury, by the turnpike-road to 

 A/n-wick, is a fpring called, Dibden-wel\. It has a ftrong current ; 

 a yellow martial earth fo copious by its adit, as to be taken up by 

 handfulls. By it is a Hone-bath. It is much ufed for feculent 

 fcorbutic eruptions, both by bathing, and drinking it with Epfom 

 fait. It is a very cold fpring in the hotteil day in fummer, of an 

 irony tafte. 



There is another near the Weft-Hall, at Belford, dedicated to St. 

 Stephen; ufed for the gravel, with Cq/llk-Soap, and has been found 

 an efficacious remedy. 



At Fleet ham, near Bambrough, is a fpring much commended as 

 a pectoral, and for obftructions. It was thought by a late emi- 

 nent phyfician at Ber-wick, Dr. Forfler, to have the flavour of the 

 Pymo/-water, and to have its virtues in an inferior degree. 



In the Duke of Northumberland & park, at Alnivick, called Huln- 

 park, is a fpring found by trial to be of the fame nature with 

 the 7unbridge-\va.ters. 



On the brow of the hill at Allen-dale town, is a chalibeate fpring; 

 the Terra Martialis, or ocherous Refiduum, copious upon the her- 

 bage by it. 



At Ne-wbrough, near Hexham, is a fpring of the fame kind; facred, 

 and dedicated to St. Mary. 



There is another at Jefmont, near Neivcajlle ; facred alfo, and of 

 the fame dedication, walled round with Hone ; a faffron-yellow 

 ochre appearing on the fides, and a blue vitrioline fediment at 

 the bottom. It is a plentiful fpring. It is made to fall into a 

 ilone-bath, a little below it. In the monaftic times it was much 



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