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OLDHAM : THERMAL SPRINGS OP INDIA. 



the water of the cascade out horizontally 4 to 5 feet 

 Iron, alumina, lime, potash, soda, silica, hydrochloric 

 acid, sulphuric and hydrosulphuric acids, organic matter, 

 nitrogenous. — Jour. Asiat. Soc, Bengal., XXXII, 383 — 

 Stevenson. 

 287. Paiouk ... Lat. 13° 13'; Long. 98° 40'; Elev. ; Temp. 196°. 



One spring immediately on the right hank of the river, and 

 another two or three minutes' walk inland to the north- 

 east ; there must be thirty or forty small springs bubbling 

 up along a line of about 50 feet by 20 feet — Major 

 McLeod, quoted by Mason, Nat. Productions of Burma, 

 page 18. 

 Tavoy ... Lat. ; Long. ; Elev. ; Temp. 



A ' hot water fountain.' A little sulphuretted hydrogen ; 

 principal ingredient, sulphate of lime, sp. gr. at 86°'6 = 

 1001'7. — Prinsep, Glean, in Sci. Ill, 17. This is probably 

 one of those given above, but I cannot say which. 



Though not within strictly Indian limits, the following hot springs 



may with advantage be noticed here. 



288. Babben Island... Lat. 12° 11'; Long. 93°' 54'; Elev. ; Temp. 130°. 



Mentioned by Mouat and Liebig, the former of whom says 

 the water was hot enough to boil eggs. — Mouat, Adv. in 

 Andaman Islands, page 154. Liebig, Jour. Asiat. Soc, 

 Bengal, XXIX, page 3. When seen by Mr. V. Ball in 

 1873, the temperature was 130° and therefore not hot 

 enough to cook eggs. 



In Ceylon the two following are known : — 



289. Kannea ... Lat. 8° 35'; Long. 81° 12' ; Elev. ; Temp. 85°— 115°. 



There are several springs whose temperature is said to 

 range from 85° to 115°, according to the season of the 

 year. — Tennant, Ceylon, I, 242. 



290. Batioaloa ... Lat. 7° 45'; Long. 81° 40'; Elev. ; Temp. 13°. 



On plate XIII of the Trans. Boy. Asiat. Soc, London, is 

 a plan of a hot spring at Baticaloa, in Ceylon ; but there 

 is no reference to it in the text. 



In addition to those springs enumerated above, there are some others 



which I have not been fortunate to trace, and have therefore, in the 



absence of more definite knowledge, not classed with those of which we 



have more or less definite knowledge. 



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