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and lives, are fond of finding some fancied resemblance to the luxu- 
pies the ‘rarely have the fortune to enjo joy. 
_ Although somewhat disappointed in t 1@ expectations which various de- 
riptions had led me to form of unusual beauty of situation and scenery, 
. IT found it altogether: a place of very great interest; and a traveller for the 
Cae time in a voleanic fegion remains in a constant excitement, and at 
parERY step is arrested by something remarkable and new. There i: ah a con- 
1 of interesting objects gathered -together in a small-space. © 
‘the piace of.encampment the Beer springs were numerous; but, as “ as 
we could ascertain, were entirely confined to that locality inthe bottom. | In 
whe bed of the river, in. on for a space of several hundred yards, they 
ing gasrising up and agitating the water 
he Pasian bubbling mi se . Inthe vicinity round about were numerous 
springs of an entirely digerent and equally marked mineral. character. Ina 
_#ather picturesque spot,about 1,300 yards below our encampment, and im-. 
_ mec ~~ on i river bank, is the most remarkable spring of the place 
Anat g on the rock,a white column of scattered water is thrown: up, 
in fori like a fet @eaustoa variable height of about three feet, and, though 
at is maintained in a constant supply, its greatest height is attained only at 
_ feguilar intervals, according to the action of the foree below. It is accom- 
panied by a subterranean noise, which, faneoeiees with the motion of the 
water, makes very much the impression of a steamboat in motion ; and, 
> without knowing that it had been already pears so starters gave to 
poke Apmne of the Steamboat spring. The roc cieceee which it is forced 
ass in a convex manner, and gathered a tthe opening iuto an 
. arn-mo ee and is evidently formed by continued 
. the water, and colored bright red by oxide of iron. An analysis of ‘this 
_ deposited rock, which I subjoin, will give you some idea ofthe properties 
_ of the water, which, with the exception of the Beer springs, is the mineral 
_ awater of the place.* It isa hot spring, and the water has a pungent and 
“disagreeable metallic taste, leaving a burning effect on the tongue, Within 
ps two yards of the ye¢-d’eaw isa small hole of about an inch in diam- ° 
eter, through which, at regular intervals, escapes a blast of hot air with a 
eee wreath of smoke, accompanied by a regular noise. This hole had 
o 1 hy Doctor Wislizenus, a gentleman who several years since 
d by this place, and who remarked, with very nice pemnress that 
g the gas which issued from the orifice produced a 
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