Mr. Horner on the Mineralogy of the Malvern Hills. 31S 



sandstone beds are In a horizontal position, and are parallel to each 

 ether. It is the same red sandstone that prevails over the greater 

 part of Worcestershire, 



Of the Mineral Waters of the Malvern Hills. 



§ 67. There is no river, and scarcely a brook of any consequence, 

 ^hat takes its rise in these hills, but throughout the whole extent 

 there are several small springs, some of which are found to be 

 mineralized. Malvern Wells have been long celebrated as a water- 

 ing place, and still continue to be very much resorted to. 



§ 68. The mineral vs/-aters of this place were first examined by 

 Dr. Wall of Oxford, who published an account of them in 1756, 

 and they have since that time been analyzed by Dr. Wilson of 

 Worcester, whose treatise appeared in 1805. There are three 

 different springs that have been examined ; the Holy Well which is 

 the most celebrated, situated at Malvern Wells ; St. Ann's Well, and 

 the Chalybeate in the neighbourhood of Great Malvern. I shall state 

 the results obtained by Dr. Wilson, as his experiments were made 

 at a more advanced period of chemical science ; but he has only 

 yet published the analyses of the Holy Well, and of St. Ann's Well. 



§ 69. The Holy Well water afforded no other gaseous contents than 

 atmospheric air. A gallon of it yielded 14,6109 grains of solid 

 ingredients, which were found to consist of: 



Carbonate of soda . . 



5,3S 



Carbonate of lime 



1,6 



Carbonate of magnesia . 



0,9199 



Carbonate of iron 



0,625 



Sulphate of soda . . 



2,896 



Muriate of soda . . . 



1,553 



Residuum 



1,687 



14,6109 



2r 



