Sir C. Lyell on the Mineral Waters of Bath, 13 
The result of the summer's reconnoissance has Been that a 
eneral idea is secured of the topography of a region about as 
arge as Massachusetts, lying wholly within the State of Cali- 
fornia, and of which nothing whatever was known previously to 
this. That mountain peaks should be found in this part of the 
State, higher than any known to exist in the United States, is a 
discovery equally interesting and unexpected. The details of 
this exploration will furnish inany facts of great geological and 
geographical interest. Je DOW: 
Northampton, Mass., Oct. 15, 1864. 
Art. III.—On the Mineral Waters of Bath and other hot springs, 
and their Geological effects ; by Sir Coartes Lyx, Bart.’ 
When the Romans first landed in this island, but in a few years 
dense mass of soil and ru bish, from 10 to 20 feet thick, 
a 
through this mass of heterogeneous materials, coins and coffins 
of the Saxon period have been found; and lower down, begin- 
Hie at the depth of from 12 to 15 feet from the surface, coins 
feign of Claudius to that of Maximus in the fifth century. Be- 
_" From the inaugural address at the opening of the meeting of the British Asso- 
“lation at Bath, Sept. 14, 1864. oe 
