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few eee ea eat the a whom he ‘seemed t‘conier ahs 
genius loci. ‘The ceaseless motion and the: play of the fountain, the ‘red 
rock, and the green trees near, make this a picturesque’ spot. 
A ‘short distance above the spring, and near the footof the:sa 
very remarkable yellow-colored rock, softand friable, consisting prine 
of carbonate of lime and oxide of iron, of regular structure, whieh ie prob 
ably a fossil coral. The rocky bank along theshore between the Steam-* 
boat spging and our encampment, along which is dispersed the water from 
the hills, is composed entirely of strata of a calcareous:tufa, with the:te- 
mains of moss and reed-like grasses, which is probably ‘the formation of 
springs. The Beer or Soda springs, which have given name to this locality, 
are agreeable, but less highly flavored than ‘the “ie oiling springs at the foot 
of Pike’s peak, which are of thesamecharacter. ‘They are very numerous, 
ane half hidden by tufts of grass, which we amused ourselves in removing 
searching about for more highly impregnated springs.’ They‘are'some — 
of them deep, and of various sizes—sometimes several yards ‘in diameter, 
and kept in constant motion by eolumns of escaping gas. By ae one 
quart of the water contains as follows: 
. 
ms * 
Sulphate of magnesia “ a ~ “ “ - 32,10 
Sulphate of lime — - - . - % - $212 
Carbonate of lime. - - - . . - - 386 
Carbonate of magnesia - - - - . ie Lioded 
Chloride of calcium - - - = - = 19333 
Chloride of magnesium ——- - - e ; - dae 
hloride of sodium. - : * ¥ - - odode 
ca a extractive matter, ke, ; 3 a — ama g oe 
“Phe catbonic acid, ,tained in the erkibeuibyiackyad 
lly ape 
before it ae subjected ppt ie and it was ‘not, — taken into 
_ considerati 
In the afternoon I wnndeved about among the. cedars, which occupy the 
Saale ——— a dty 
oe ek oi 
torent pas entirel bare, and-composed principally of carbonate of lime, 
ith ee of iron sce the same manner. Walking near one of 
