Mineral Waters of Canada. 



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The peculiarity of this water is the unexampled quantity of 

 sulphuretted hydrogen it contains. The strongest of the cel- 



ebrated Harrowgate Springs yields but 14 cubic inches of sul- 

 phuretted hydrogen gas to the gallon, while the Charlotteville 

 contains in the same measure 26 8 cubic inches. 



Ancaster Saline Spring. 



This spring, which is known to the inhabitants as a Salt Well, 

 is about two miles west of the village of Ancaster, on the land of 

 Mr. Robert Heslop. A well was sunk some years since, to the 

 depth of thirty feet ; and during the war of 1813-15, it is said a 

 considerable quantity of salt was manufactured from it in a rude 

 way. The water rises nearly to the surface, and at times a stream 

 is said to flow from it ; no outlet is visible, yet the spring, as I 

 was told by the proprietor, fills up rapidly when the water is dip- 

 ped out. The temperature was found to be the same as that of 



°F. 



a neighboring fresh spring, 48 

 tible. 



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no evolution of gas is percep- 



The water is intensely bitter and saline to the taste; by 

 boiling, a minute quantity of carbonate of lime is deposited, and 

 the liquid contains chlorine, bromine, sulphuric acid, with potas- 



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The specific gravity is 



smm, sodium, calcium and magnesium. 

 10291. 



1000 parts of water yielded 



Chlorine, . 

 Bromine, . 

 Sulphuric acid, (S0 3 ) 

 Soda, 



Potash, 

 Lime, 



Magnesia, . 



These may be combined to give the following composition for 

 1000 parts of the water : 



202181 



•0891 



•4570 



9-4520 



•0580 



5-5916 



20990 



Chlorid of sodium, 



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of potassium, 

 of magnesium, 

 of calcium, . 

 Bromid of magnesium, 



Sulphate of lime, 

 Water, 



. 17-82800 



•09200 



. 507370 



12-80270 



•10309 



•77690 



96332361 



100000000 



Amount of saline matters, 36-67639 parts in 1000. 



This water is extraordinary on account of the immense pro- 

 Portion of chlorid of magnesium and calcium which it contains • 

 the sum of these exceeding the amount of common salt. 



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almost the same amount of solid matter, it contains less than two- 





