Mineral Waters of Canada. 369 



Since the publication of my report, I have received a specimen 

 of a singular water from a spring near Chippewa on the Niagara 

 River, a few miles above the Falls. It is quite as acid to the taste 

 as that of Tuscarora, and contains like it, salts of iron, alumina, 

 lime and magnesia in large quantity; the amount of sulphur- 

 etted hydrogen in solution, appears to be very considerable. The 

 soil for some distance around the spring is described as being 

 destitute of vegetation and of a reddish-brown color, which seems 

 probably to be due, like that of the Tuscarora, to decaying veg- 

 etable matter which undergoes under these circumstances a some- 

 what peculiar change. ' 



C liar lot teville Sulphur Spring. 



This interesting mineral spring is situated a few miles from 

 Port Dover on Lake Erie ; it is near the township of Simcoe, 

 and on the third lot of the twelfth range of Charlotteville. It 

 rises near the bank of a small stream which turns a mill. About 

 twelve feet above the level of the creek, is a depression five or six 

 feet deep, forming a natural basin about one rod in width and four 

 rods in length, from N.E. to S.W. ; it is oval in form, broader at 

 the S.W". end, near which the spring rises. At the other end, the 

 basin discharges itselPby a little rivulet into the adjoining creek. 

 The depth of the water at the time when I visited it, was from 

 one to two feet, and the discharge, as it formed a little cascade 

 before entering the creek, was roughly determined to be about 

 16 gallons per minute. Its temperature, as observed on the morn- 

 ing of the 19th October, when the air was 26° F., was found to 

 be 45°, while that of the creek was 49°. 



The water rises gently through several apertures in the soft 

 mud of the bottom, occasionally accompanied by bubbles of gas. 

 In a still day the surface, with the exception of a small area about 

 the source, is coated with a film of sulphur, which also covers 

 the bottom of the basin. Leaves and sticks near the outlet, are 

 found thickly incrusted with the same substance, or rather with 

 a mixture of sulphur and carbonate of lime. The proprietor of 

 the spring informed me that he was in the habit of gathering the 

 substance thus deposited, and burning it under his bee-hives for 

 the purpose of stupefying the insects while extracting the honey, 

 J perhaps the only economical application which can be made of 



the sulphur itself. 



The specific gravity of the water is 1-002712 j it is limpid and 

 sparkling, its odor strongly sulphurous, and its taste pungent, 

 yith something like sweetness, leaving an impression of warmth 

 m the mouth for some time. When mixed with a solution of 

 chlorid of arsenic, it becomes quite opaque from the precipita- 



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tion of yellow sulphuret of arsenic. A qualitative examination 

 shewed besides, the presence of chlorids and sulphates, the latter 

 ^ large quantities ; the bases were potash, soda, lime, magnesia, 



