376 Gen. LiNcorN's Account of feveral remarkable Springs. 
‘excluding the.air from it, or fmothering it. The water. taken 
"from it into a veflel will not burn. This fhews, that the fire 
"is occafioned by nothing more than a vapour that afcends from 
-the waters. RE | 
There are two fprings high up on the Powtomack; -one of 
which has about the fame degree of heat as blood running from 
the veins. It is much frequented by people who have loft their 
health. The waters are drank with freedom, .and alío ferye as 
a hot bath, by which much good has been experienced. The 
-other fpring, iffuing from the fame mountain, a little farther 
up, ds as remarkable for its coldnefs, as the other for its heat, 
aand differs from common fprings in as many degrees. | 
.Thefe accounts I have from the beft authority, General 
Mafbington, from whom I had my information, as well as from 
,others, owns the. land around the Burzizg-Spring, which he 
, bought for the fake of it. Ew 
: T he accounts of the other {prings I received from a gentle- 
-man of undoubted veracity, and of great obfervation, who lately 
“yifited them. “He commanded the troops who experienced the 
"benefit of the Or/-Spring. He mentioned to me another {pring 
“in the fouth-wefterly part of Virginia, which he had not feen, 
but of which he had received a particular account from gentlc- 
“men of charaéter. It is called the Sweer- Spring, from the fweet- 
nefs of the waters, which have been found efficacious in many 
diforders, and have given relief when every other attempt has 
Proved neffedual. — 
| ‘To thefe I may add the great number of falt fprings in _Ameri- 
a, efpecially on the Oo, and the rivers. which empty into it. 
"There is one {pring on the Mififippi, from which falt is made 
Auficient to fupply the whole //5;; country with that article. 
NS 
