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Chemical Composition, — One litre contains of solid matter 



21-301 grammes. The same quantity of water has in its com- 

 position 



Carbonic acid, fixed, . 



Sulphuric acid, . 



Chlorine, . . . 



Bromine, ... 

 Soda. . . . 



0595 I Lime, 



•Q680 

 12-8000 



trace 



9-2110 



Magnesia, . 

 Oxyd of iron, 

 Silica, . . 



1-4000 

 0-3012 



trace 

 00600 



» 



1225 



0607 

 0540 



Chlorid of magnesium 

 Bromid of magnesium 

 Chlorid of iron 

 Silica^ 



J 



> 



J 



■7031 



trace 

 trace 

 0600 



Combined as follows: 



Carbonate of lime, . 



Sulphate of soda, 



Sulphate of lime, 



Chlorid of sodium, . 17-4450 



Chlorid of calcium, . 2o078 



Thermal Waters of Mitylene. 



On this island, the ancient Lesbos, there are several warm 

 springs, and much of the geological structure of the place is 

 volcanic. I visited two of the springs; the first is near to the 

 _e of Mitylene, and immediately on the shores of the gulf 

 of Olives, it is called Kelemyeh Oidinjah, and there are two 

 baths attached to it. 



Kelemyeh 



The water is clear, and flows 



without leaving a deposit. Its temperature is 102° Pah. (atmos- 

 phere at 77°), and when cold there is nothing marked in its taste. 

 Chemical Composition. — There are 1*250 grammes of solid 

 matter in a litre of the water which contains the following in- 

 gredients in grammes. 



Carbonic acid, free, 



Carbonic acid, fixed, 



Sulphuric acid. 

 Chlorine, 



Combined as follows : — 

 Bi-carbonate of lime, . -2450 Chlorid of calcium, 



•155 

 075 

 040 



570 



Soda, . 

 Lime, . 

 Magnesia, 

 Silica, . 



■278 

 152 

 070 

 015 



0357 

 ■0330 

 6510 



Silica, 



magnesium 



■0865 

 •162S 

 0150 



Sulphate of soda. 

 Sulphate of lime, 

 Chlorid of sodium, 



The other source visited ou the island of Mitylene is about six 

 miles north of the village, and is called Touzla ; there are baths 

 attached to it, and the waters are strongly saline. 



Touzla source, (saline.)— P/iys/m/ Properties.— The water 

 does not flow clear, being, more or less tinged with yellow^ pro- 

 auced by some organic acid in combination with lime. This 

 deposit is seen to mark the course of the water as it flows down 



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